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larvae occasionally met with in the Cork Woods, where the cocoons, 

 which are not impregnated with the sulphury -looking powder as is the 

 case in England, are sometimes found spun vip in long grass. 



976. — Lasiocampa trifolii, Esp. The larviB of this species, which at first sight 

 look so much like a grey variety of that of the common English " Oak 

 Eggar " {L. quercus, L.), are often found on broom and other bushes. 

 Imagines emerged on September 24th, 1910, and September 22nd, 1911. 

 A fine male flying in the afternoon svmshine at Tangier was cap- 

 tured on September 10th, 1911. 



1007. — Taragama repanda, Hb. A female taken on a shop window at Gibraltar 

 on August 19th, 1910, and a fine fresh male on a lamp post at 

 Gibraltar on October 18th, 1911. 



103-1. — Saturnia pyri, Schiff. The beautiful larva of this fine sijecies was taken 

 on fruit trees at Gibraltar on July 21st, 1911, fed up on apple leaves, 

 diily pupated and emerged during May and June, 1912 ; one as early 

 as April 4th. The imago, which appears to be rather common in the 

 region, including Tangier, taken on the wing, and at rest, in April and 

 May. 



1102. — Acronycta rumicis, L. Imago not common. Two examples taken at rest 

 on trunks of cork trees at Almoraima on July 1st, 1911. 



1152. — Agrotis pronuha, L. Not common. Taken in my house at Gibraltar 

 where it came to light on May 7th, 1910. 



1185. — A. c-nigrum, L. Apparently rare. One specimen taken at Gibraltar at 

 light on June 19th, 1911. 



1344. — A. spinifera, Hb. Gibraltar, October, 1911. Not common. 



1345. — A. puta, Hb. Very common at light in Gibraltar from February to 

 April, and again from September to November. Apparently double- 

 brooded and very variable. 



1400. — A. segetum, Schiff. Not so common as last species, but still plentiful at 

 light and, very occasionally, at ivy bloom in October. 



1401. — A. trux, Hb. I took a fresh specimen of this species on the glass of the 

 upper verandah at the Washington Hotel, Granada, where I was 

 staying, on Avigust 7th, 1910. 



1402. — A sa^icia, Hb. More plentiful than A. segetum and there is, apparently, 

 more than one brood in the year. I have taken fresh specimens at 

 Gibraltar, in March, May, and December. Both the reddish and the 

 dark brown forms occur. 



1405. — A. crassa, Hb. This variable species I found not unconnnon at liglit in 

 Gibraltar. It does not apjjear to last long however: my earliest 

 record, September 20th (1911), and latest, October 11th (1910). 



1401. — A. ohesa, B. One specimen taken at Gibraltar on October 11th, 1910. 



1425. — Pachnohia (Episilia) faceta, Fr. This species, which is very variable, is 



