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Beit.," pi. 451, fig. 1 (184-5) ; Staud., "Cat.," 2nd ed., p. 13 (1871) ; Frey, " Lep. 

 der Schweiz," p. 21 (1880); Lang, "Butts. Eur.," p. 128, pi. xxxi., fig. 2 (1884); 

 Eiihl, "Pal. Gross-Schmett.," i., p. 293 (1891-5); Staud., "Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 88 

 (1901); Wheel., "Butts. Switz.," p. 24 (1903); Rebel, "Lep. Faun. Balk.," i., 

 p. 193 (1903). Saportae, Dup., " Pap. Fr.," supp. i., p. 59, pi. ix., figs. 5-7 (1832). 



We refer sebrits, Hb., "Eur. Schniett.," figs. 851-3, to Cyaniris 

 seiinarf/iis, and so much of Herrich-Schaffer's description {S;/s. Bearh., 

 i., p. 116) as refers to Hiibner's figures. The rest of his description 

 appears really to refer to osiris, M.Q\g. = sehrus, Bdv., and it is possible 

 that Hiibner's fig. 854 also is sebrus. The date of this figure of Hiibner's 

 is uncertain, but as Boisduval quotes Hiibner, it was evidently before 

 18o2, the year in which Boisduval figured the species. We regret 

 much to have to publish this statement, but there cannot be a shadow 

 of doubt as to its necessity. 



Lepidoptera collected at Cintra in April, 1909. 



By The Hon. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S. 



BetAveen the 8th and 13th of April, this year, my wife and I made 

 a small collection of lepidoptera at Cintra. Records from Portugal 

 seem to be very meagre, and I, therefore, give a complete list of the 

 specimens secured, hoping that it may prove of interest to the readers 

 of The Entoinolof/isfs Eeconl. Insects were scarce, both as regards 

 species and numbers, a curious fact when the astonishingly rich vegeta- 

 tion of the district is considered. Sugar was a complete failure and 

 light but partially successful. The species obtained were : 



DiuRNi : — Fapilio podalirim, L., rather scarce; Thais nimina, L., 

 scarce at low and high elevations ; Pieris brassicae, L., common ; 

 Kucldo'e cardainines, L., scarce. Only ^ s were secured, in all of which 

 the orange patch of the fore wing extended beyond the cell spot. 

 Leptidia sinapis, L., scarce ; Oonepteryx rhanini, L., common ; G. 

 cieopatra, L., rather scarce ; Parari/e aeyeria, L., var. et/erides, Stgr.., 

 common ; P. megaera, L., common ; C'allophrijs rubi, L., common ; 

 Theator ballu.i, F., common at low elevations ; Celastfina aryiulns, L., 

 common. 



Lasiocampides : — Trichiura ilicis, Rbr. — A. single female of this 

 species with slightly worn fringes was secured. The specimen in 

 question was flying very rapidly in the afternoon sunshine over the 

 heather at a high elevation. In it veins 9 and 10 of the forewing 

 are on a very high stalk, vein 9 being less than half the length 

 of the stalk. In this female from Cintra and in another from 

 Andalusia — the only two females I have seen — vein 9 reaches the edge 

 before the tip of the wing, as in Poecilocampa populi, L., while, in the 

 male, the vein terminates on the outer margin, as is the case in both 

 sexes of Trichiura crataegi. Veins 7 and 8 of the hindwing are on a 

 short stalk in the male and two females of T. ilicis examined. Macro- 

 thylacia rubi var. digraiiuna, Meade-Waldo.*- — Nine examples (two 

 males and seven females) of this very distinct insect were secured at 

 light at a high elevation. The male is more densely scaled than the 

 female, and bears, on the underside of both wings, a yello^vish discal 

 line corresponding with the outer line on the upperside of the forewing. 

 The genitalia agree with those of M. rubi. This moth might possibly be 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 390, pi. xix., fig. 10 (1905): " Tetuan to Rabat, 

 Morocco, on the sea-coast." 



