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end of May and during June ; and, in fact, I never saw a place that 

 looked more promising. I took here : — Papilio podalirius var. feia- 

 thamdl, Thais rumina (1), KnrJdoe carda)nines, Leptidia sinapis, Vanessa 

 atalanta, V. io, Melitaea aurinia var. prorincialis, M. phocbe, Brenthis 

 ilia, Pararije eijeria var. eijerides, Thestor balhis (1 much worn J ), 

 Laiii/iidcs tdicaniis, Xo)iiiades melannps, N. cyllanis, Poli/onniiatits 

 c(ir)jd(in, P. bellarijits ( $ 1), and a few other very common insects. 



Mont Seny would, I think, probably repay the attention of some 

 of our more enterprising entomologists, it is practically unworked, 

 very accessible from Barcelona, and possesses tolerable accommoda- 

 tion for tourists. Mr. Witty spent two days there in June last (the 

 23rd and 24th), and I venture to send the list of his captures. The 

 most interesting is Kirbia evias, a variety with only two ocelli, instead 

 of three, on the forewings. I possess a specimen which may perhaps 

 be the var. liispanica, given in the new Staudinger-Eebel ( 'ataloi/uc. 

 Papilio podalirius var. feistkamdi, P. brassicae, P. rapae, /'. daplidice, 

 Anthocaris belia, Euchloe cardainines, Leptidia sinapis, Ci)lias ediisa, 

 (Tim('])ter}/x rliaiiini, (j. dcupatra, Tlwda ilicis, Chnjsoplianus alciphron 

 var. iiordiHs, C. pJdacas, Plcbeiiis arijiis, Puh/ominatiis medoji,' P. icanis, 

 P. bdlarijHs, P. corydon, Cijaniris ar</ioli(s, Xomiadi's seiiiiar//i(s, 

 Libijthca celtis, C/iaradrs jasiits, Apatiira ilia (very rare in Spain), 

 Pohjiionia eijea, P. c-albini), Vanessa urticae, Vanessa io, V. atalanta, I'. 

 cardiii, Melitaea pltoebe, M. didyma, M. athalia, BrentJiis dia, Ari/yuuis 

 atlippc, A. latJionia, A. pandora, Melanaryia lacliesis, ]\yebia eeias, 

 Satynta circe, S. sonde, Pararye hiera, P. vieyaera, P. eyeria, Epine- 

 phele jiirtina (janira), E. ida, E. ])asi2)hae, L'oenonynipha areania, C. 

 painphilus, Spilothynis althacae, Sy)-ii-/ithiis rartJiaini, S. nmlvae, Hesperia 

 thaionas, and Paviphila sylvanns, a total of 54 species in two days. 



Mr. Witty and I arrived at Granada on May 16th, and thoroughly 

 appreciated the beauty of that Moorish paradise, and the comfort of 

 the Hotel de los Siete Suelos, after travelling two days across the 

 dull ugliness of the central plateau of Spain, and sleeping two nights 

 in railway carriages. The town of Granada is situated rather more 

 than 2000ft. above the sea, and the hill of the Alhambra rises about 

 200ft. above the town. Our hotel is beautifully situated in the 

 wooded park outside the ancient palace, and immediately behind it 

 the hill slopes steeply up to an old fortification, which guards the 

 western end of a rough ridge, about four miles in length and one mile 

 in width, 3000ft. in height. This ridge falls in steep and well-wooded 

 declivities to the Darro, on the north, and in broken precipices and 

 rocky glens to the Genii, on the south. It is "coto," i.e., preserved, 

 which means that grazing and shooting are forbidden and no strangers 

 allowed to wander about, excepting only such as may be staying at 

 the Hotels Koma and Siete Suelos. A very small part of this hill is 

 cultivated ; insects, as well as game, find safety there, and it may be 

 recommended as good hunting ground, quite exceptionally so, for 

 Spain. We explored it from end to end, and thoroughly enjoyed its 

 variety — cork and pine woods by the Darro, rocky glens towards the 

 Genii, hollows overgrown with cistus, broom and lavender ; little 

 mountain meadows brilliant with flowers, stony patches on the 

 summit, rushy hollows here and there, were all interesting, and all 

 produced difterent insects. There is a good spring m one of the 

 glens on the south side, but it is not easy to find. We spent three 



