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eatelJa, Rbl, and a new and distinct Trifurcuin abundant among 

 Retama sphcer^ocmya. 



The only excursion made from Granada was to the Sierra Nevada 

 in an easterly direction. I camped at a height of nearly 6000 feet, 

 and collected for two days with results better in quality than in 

 quantity. I am not prepared at present to deal with the species 

 obtained, but the most extraordinary sight I have ever seen were the 

 myriads of Lithocolhtis adenocnrpi, Stgr., which thickened the air like 

 innumerable midges on the slopes below mj camp — each blow of a 

 stick upon one of the bushes would dislodge thousands, and it was 

 not until the bush had been well thrashed that their numbers appeared 

 to diminish. The mines of the larvae were in nearly every leaflet, and 

 in spite of the quantity already out, a few dozen mines collected at 

 random produced a good series of bred specimens, many of which 

 came out before reaching camp. Here I touched the edge of the 

 snow-line, and as the weather was very hot a mouthful of snow was 

 very refreshing. The nights were warm and quite dry, there was 

 absolutely no dew, which was fortunate, as there was equally no 

 tent and practically no covering. The early morning about sunrise 

 was as usual in mountain districts as good or better than the evening 

 for collecting, but during the day nothing could be done but search 

 for larva;. 



This is merely a hasty summary, and by no means represents a 

 study of the 4000 or more specimens which I brought back, moreover, 

 many pupae are yet under observation. My Italian valet, Barberi,wa8 

 of great assistance to me in collecting. He had a quick eye, and soon 

 learned to recognise certain genera and even species, and to discrimi- 

 nate between such as had occurred before and such as had not been 

 observed ; he was especially successful in finding larv» whether under 

 special or merely general instructions. 



The nomenclature used in this short account is advisedly employed 

 (although in many cases it differs) from that adopted by Staudingcr 

 and Rebel ; on this subject more will be written when the species are 

 worked out, and when further notes and descri|jtions can be published. 



(To be continued). 



BALEARIC mSECTS.—HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTSRA 

 Collected in Majorca and Minorca (March and April, 1900) by E. B. 



POULTON, OlDFIELD ThOMAS, AND R. I. PoCOCK. 

 BY EDWARD SAUNDERS, F.L.S., &c: 



Solenosthedium lynceum, Fieb., 1 ? , not localised, 1900 (Tlioinas and Pocock). 



