196 [September, 



717. — Acherontia atropos, L. — Taken at rest in the day-time. Gibraltar, Sep- 

 tember 16th, 1911, and October 27th, 1911. A full-fed brown variety 

 of the larva found on the Upper Rock, on November 1st, 1911, went 

 to earth inamediately and emei-ged on May 31st, 1912. The " Death's 

 Head " marking on thorax In-io-hter than in English specimens I have, 

 otherwise similar. 



735. — Protoparce convolvuli, L. Taken on October 2nd, 1911. Apparently rare. 



749. — Deilephila euphorbiae, L. Took larva; on spurge at foot of the Sierra 

 Carbonera, on May 28th, 1911. They pvipated successfully and emerged 

 on October 19th, 1911. Imago taken at light near Neutral ground on 

 April 14th, 1912. The larvae seen commonly in the district. 



752. — D. lineata, F., var. livornica, Esp. This species was extraordinarily 

 abundant at Gibraltar in 1911-12 coming to flowers of "Morning 

 Glory" {Convolvulus) at the back of my house almost every evening 

 from May 12th to end of July. 



753. — Chxrocampa celerio, L. The notes on the preceding species apply equally 

 to this, except that my earliest record is October 21st (1911), and 

 latest December 11th (1911). 



768. — Macroglossa stellatarum, L. This is one of the most abundant moths in 

 the region, both in the open and in houses, stables, etc., and is on the 

 wing all the year round, except perhaps on dull days during the rainy 

 season. 



785. — Dicranura vinula, L. One specimen taken at rest on a telegraph pole at] 

 Algeciras (Town) Station, on May 20th, 1911. 



888. — Orgyia triyotephras, B. Five males and five females bred from larvae taken 

 on June lOtli, 1911. Two males emerged on June 28th, 1911. The re-j 

 maining males and the females emerged the next day. For notes on 

 the life-history of this siDCcies, see the introductory notes of this 

 paper. 



919. — Porthesia similis, Fiiess. Bred in June, 1911, from larvae taken at the 

 Cork Woods. The imago taken at Algeciras on July 16th, 1910, and 

 at Granada on Augiist 8th, 1910. The black dots on fore-wings are 

 very conspicxious, except on those taken at Granada, which are quite 

 plain without a trace of dots. ^ 



929. — Lymantria dispar, L. Larvae taken at the Cork Woods on June 10th, 

 1911 (see introductory notes to this paper), produced imagines from 

 July 1st to 21st, 1911. This species is widely distribixted throughout 

 tlio Gibraltar district, somewhat locally, but in very great abundance 

 where it occurs. 



956. — Jlfa?acoso«i-a neustria, L. This species swarmed at Gibraltar in the 

 Alameda, on the evening of June 24th, 1911, attracted thither by the 

 large electric arc lamps erected on high poles for illuminations in con- 

 nection with tlie first Gibraltar fair. I have not found it a very 

 common species in the district. Tlie longitudinally blue-banded 



