74 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



The common lavender at Bejar was one of which I do not know 

 the name. It is so lil\e Lavandula ^taeclias that I took it for that species, 

 and it may be a variety of it. A good many insects are apparently 

 attached to it. We found several species of larvae on it, but failed to 

 rear any. A very interesting one of these was a little Nnla, easily 

 obtained in quantity by sweeping. Its colour was a purplish-brown, 

 exactly matching the llower-heads of the lavender, and the food of the 

 larva was the purple leaflets with which the flower-heads are crowned. 

 These might have been easily reared had one been able to give them 

 a little attention, and an adequately spacious cage ; several pupated, 

 but unhealthily. The species may be Nola thi/)iiida, or it may be 

 something else. 



Larvfe of LaMocaiiipa (juen-va were met with in various places. I 

 fear I did not pay much attention to them, and several I tried to keep 

 in tins finally died miserably. I fancy there is a low ground form 

 and a Sierra one. The last must necessarily, I imagine, be L. var. 

 vibarni. It was sometimes abundant on CytisuH piny/ans, at 6000 feet 

 and upwards. The sizes varied greatly, and I have little doubt the 

 life-cycle of this form is the same as that of our L. var. callunae. I 

 was able to bring home two sound cocoons, from which I have hopes 

 that Mr. Bacot will next spring secure imagines. Once an imago 

 was seen on the wing (Sierra, July 14th). I sent a Lasiocampid 

 larva to Mr. Bacot, as it was something quite outside my ken. Mr. 

 Bacot is of opinion that this is Fac/nji/astria cver.wmuni. If this is so 

 it is very interesting, though not perhaps surprising, as there are now 

 a good many species known to occur in Spain whose better recog- 

 nised habitat is somewhere in Asia. Half-grovvn larva3 of Macrothi/- 

 lacia rnbi were seen on July 15th. 



Near Bejar we met with that curious neuropterous insect, AV- 

 iiiojitera bijicnnis (liinitaiiica). It Avas by no means uncommon in one 

 small region, near a little stream running at the bottom of a rather 

 deep valley with steep sides. It occurred down near the stream, but 

 also, and quite as freely, in the dry upper regions above the valley, 

 where the chief vegetation was the Larandula, resembling stuechas. I 

 was unable to find it in some places, but failed entirely to satisfy my- 

 self as to whether it preferred damp or dry ground, flat or precipitous. 

 It only flew, apparently, towards evening, when it would make a sort 

 of slow hopping or jumping flight, rising and falling as if leaping 

 over the vegetation and frequently settling. At times, however, it went 

 straight ahead in a businesslike way, and, especially, was easily able to 

 show a clean pair of heels if alarmed, sometimes vanishing so rapidly 

 as to be almost mysterious ; its flimsy, ephemeral aspect, however, 

 and the failing light no doubt assisted it in these disappearances. 



The larvM' of An-tia latrcillei were quite common ; some went into 

 pupa, and one specimen was reared (forced) February 14th, 1903. The 

 larva is well figured by Milliere. Xoiiiioih-s wclanojis was frequent in 

 several places, and odd specimens occurred at many diflerent spots 

 during the first half of June. Most of them were a httle worn, but, 

 even so, this seems a very late date to compare with April in the south 

 of France. The lateness of the season may have exaggerated the 

 discrepancy, but the main cause is probably to be found in the eleva- 

 tion of the region. Certainly it was the first (and only) brood. Our 

 date for HcteKujijnis paradoxa compares similarly with those recorded 



