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perhaps during the latter half of the month of April, ai*e a continuous 

 record of wind and rain. When it didn't rain it blew, and when it 

 didn't blow it rained, and when everybody said it was going to be fine 

 it did both. Nevertheless, I managed to make myself well acquainted 

 with every hill and valley along the coast-line for many miles to the 

 east of the town, where the ground was more favourable than to the 

 west. Among larvsB successfully reared w^ere several interesting 

 things, but a rather large proportion failed from being collected when 

 too young. Among the former were Gelechia liyoscfiamella, Mill., on 

 Hyoscynmus nihus. AristofeIiafrankeni(p,Whm., on Frankenia lavis, 

 a Meizneria on seeds of Asteriscus mnuref aniens, a probably new 

 Hypaiima from under bark of a dying fig tree, a small Coleophora on 

 Calendula arvensis, which also ate the leaves of a grass, Tortrix peram- 

 plana, Hb., not uncommon in leaves of SclUa {JJrginea) mnriiima, 

 Hjjpsoloplius limhipunctellus, Stgr. (= millierellus, Stn.), on Cistus 

 crispt/s and salviafolius, a new Nepticula on Antliyllis ci/tisoides,a new 

 Ooleophora on Genista umhellata, Phalonia morihundana, Stgr., and a 

 Blastohasis from seeds of Phlomis purpurea, Acrolepia solidaginis, 

 Stgr., Coleopliora lineolea, Hw., and Alucita spilodactyla, Crt., from 

 Marruhium, &c. Among the latter, perhaps not all yet beyond hope, 

 I have in my bottles a Coleophora on Helianthemmn lavandiilcpfoliitm, 

 and another on Lithospermum (possibly only the ~Echiiim-ieeA\wg onos- 

 mella, Brahm), two species of Coleophora on Jnthyllis cyfisoides with 

 similar cases but of different sizes, which will be again mentioned 

 when dealing with further occurrences at Granada, a Loxopera, pro- 

 bably hilhaensis, Eslr.,in stems of Crithmum marifiimim, and Grinopteryx 

 familieUa, Peyr. (found also near Seville). Among captures on the 

 wing were several interesting species of Coleophora and Sci/fhris not 

 yet fully identified, another Eriocoftis allied to fuscanella, Z., a single 

 specimen of a Cosmopteryx intermediate between lienigiella, 7j., and 

 semicoccinea, Stn, certainly new to Europe, but gi'eatlj'' resembling the 

 forms prevalent in Malaysia. Eidojyhasia syenitella, HS. (also 

 abundant at Granada), Sophronia exustella, 7i , Protasis pleurotella, 

 Stgr., Ancylis sparulana, Stgr., Metzneria eastiliella, Mschl., and a new 

 species of the same genus (the larva of which was afterwards found 

 on Asteriscus mauret aniens), with many others of minor impartance. 



When the weather improved I started for Granada, an entomo- 

 logical Paradise, where the indulgence of one's acquisitive propensities 

 threatens long hours of critical museum work for time to come. Here 

 I spent the months of May and June, reaping a somewhat rich harvest, 

 which might have been richer if more time had been devoted to the 



