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others^are, howevei-, further augmented by reprosantatives of several 

 of the outlying genera, such as Lijthiia, Oiiliolit/ia, &c. Of the so- 

 called GeoitietrUlae ( — iaae), in other words the " Emeralds," &c., we 

 only find two species, but they are interesting and characteristic ones, 

 of which I shall speak immediately. The Boarnnidac, also, are not 

 very much in evidence, and the favourite genus Sciadion (Giwphos) is 

 only represented by single specimens of three species, if we except some 

 aberrant members whose position in the genus has been challenged. 



The Emeralds, just alluded to, are : — 



Pseudoterpna cownillaria, Hb., 2 <? s and 1 ? from Arcachon ; the 

 latter and one of the former are rather sharply marked, and the ? 

 almost entirely lacks the usual discoidal spot. Notwithstanding the 

 substitution of the clear grey ground colour for the familiar green of 

 the family, the close relationship of this pretty species to P. ■pruinata 

 is manifest even at first glance. 



Enchloris [Thetidia) plusiaria, Bdv., 6 <y s from Cuenca, 1 3^ and 

 1 2 ffom TrcXgacete, nearly all in good condition, but showing no 

 particular variation. This beautiful species is very poorly represented 

 in our National Collection, and I was very pleased to get a series. Its 

 affinities seem to me somewhat doubtful, and I can scarcely believe it 

 can be congeneric with Euchluris sniarat/daria, Fb., with which it has 

 generally been placed ; two or three friends who have seen my 

 specimens have even suggested that it had Larentiid aflinities. 



The Oenoclirominae (Hampson's classification) are represented by a 

 single specimen of the variable Aplaata ononaria, Pues., from Albarra- 

 cin ; it is a female, in fairly good condition. 



The " Acidalias " have proved somewhat beyond my present ability 

 to determine, and a few of them still remain unnamed, although I have 

 tried hard to trace them both in the British Museum collection and in 

 the works of Milliere. The longest series is of SterrJta scriccata, Hb., 

 4 from Cuenca and 8 from Tragacete ; the specimens on the average 

 are rather fine and large. Next in point of numbers come two of our 

 British species of Pti/chopoda, namely P. huiniliata, Hfn. (8 specimens) 

 SbXid P.fuscovenosa, Goeze { = iiiterjectaria, Gn.) (7 specimens); neither 

 shows any perceptible tendency to form local varieties, and any of the 

 specimens might have been captured in our own country. The 

 remaining species of the group are almost entirely in one, twos or 

 threes ; Leptomerh maypinepanctata, Goeze, however, appears to be 

 represented by 5 specimens, but some are a little worn, and I am not 

 prepared to say positively whether some of them may be referable to 

 its close allies — e.p., one of the forms of the variable L. Inridata. Z. 

 Perhaps two of the most interesting species are Craspedia concimiaria, 

 Dup., 3 nice specimens from Cuenca, and 1 Pti/chopoda subsatiirata, 

 Gn., from Tragacete ; the latter agrees well with the four in the 

 British Museum collection, which are all labelled as from Spain ; so 

 far as is yet known this distinct little species has rather a limited 

 range, being only recorded from southern France, Spain and north- 

 west Africa. Ptpchopoda herbariata, Fb., so evidently a mere casual 

 importation in Britain, is at home in southern Europe, and was 

 brought singly both from Albarracin and Tragacete. The single 

 representative of Kininiltis rahipinata, Hfn. (from Albarracin), shows 

 a somewhat unusual ground colour, not very reddish, and is strongly 

 marked. The single Sterrha moniliata, Fb. (new to my collection, 



