36 THE entomologist's record. 



The ground includes the coastal plain from Beirut to the Dog 

 Eiver, and the foothills of the Lebanon up to kil. 5 on the Beirut- 

 Damascus road. Species are widely distributed in the district named, 

 unless indications are given to the contrary. Urbicolids. — E. alceae, 

 E. altheae, Dog River, not common ; P. orbifer, common in spring and 

 summer; IJ. malvac var. hypoleiicos, less common than the last; 

 T. actaeon, local in Dog River glen, and on Lebanon foothills near 

 Djemiir ; G. nostrudainus, common, especially in hot dry places; C. 

 mathias, here and there on low ground, but not abundant ; B. zelleri, 

 rare, only taken by me at the Dog River glen, July, 1907. LyCiENiDS. 

 — A', spini, Dog River and foothills of Lebanon, till early July; C. 

 acaiiias, frequent in dry places, July, 1904 and 1907, September, 1910 ; 

 H. livia, near railway, on " fitneh " Acacia trees ; C. jesous, Takweni, 

 Dora (P.P.G.), near Nahr Antelias (Mrs. Nicholl), May, July, and 

 September; L. hoeticus and /('. telicaniis, not rare in autumn on hedges 

 and trees ; S. baton (F.C.), and in American College collection, rare ; 

 G. ojllarus, common in spring (F.C.) ; C. trochilus, common in July 

 at Dog River glen, and otherwise not rare during most of the summer 

 in dry, hot places ; A. astrarche, not common; P. icorns, C. arfiioltis, 

 Dog River glen and bushy places in plain, not very common in my 

 experience ; //. pldaeas, C. thevsavwn. Papilionids.- — F. viachaon, I. 

 podaliriits, neither more than frequent ; 'T. ceriai/i, local in spring; D. 

 apollinits, in spring, not uncommon (F.C). Pierids. — P. bramcae, 

 not very common (P.P.G.) ; 1\ rapae, P. daplidice, B. mesentina, very 

 abundant in autumn; A. belewia, sparingly in early spring (F.C.) ; A. 

 belia, still less numerous (F.C.) ; 1. Jaiista, very common from early 

 July till the end of September; L. sina})is, Dog River glen; G. 

 Cleopatra, (J. edam. Nymphalids. — L. Camilla, sparingly in Dog River 

 glen ; P. atalanta, common in winter and early spring ; P. cardui, P. 

 eijea, J. liierta var. cehrene, very rare (F.C.) ; M. phoebe (? var.), 

 Takweni, and at kil. 5 (F.C.) ; ili. trivia, D. pandora, about two miles 

 up the Dog River glen according to Professor Day ; L. chri/sippus, 

 locally abundant in coastal plain; H. niisippns, very rare ; ^1/. titea, 

 local; S. fatiia var. sichaea, foothills of Lebanon, July; E. jurtina 

 var. telmessia, /'. mer/aera, P. viaera, not very frequent ; Y. anterope, 

 very abundant ; total, fifty-one species. I have been thus far unable 

 to confirm Zach's records, now more tlian half a century old, of E. 

 pohjchloros, Z. lysimon, L (?) (/alba, M.proto, and M. tessellum, nor have 

 I ever taken N. pruni, recorded from Beirut by Matthew, with B. 

 (juerciis. I cannot help wondering whether some form of N. ilicis, 

 which is common on the lower slopes of the Lebanon, may not have 

 been taken for the former insect, which has not hitherto been recorded 

 for Asia Minor, nor for the extreme South of Europe. B. qiierci'ts 

 certainly ou(//it to occur in Syria, and has very likely been overlooked. 



A few stray notes on the Alucitides of Strood. 



.By J. OVENDEN. 



The following is a list of the species of " Plumes " which, up to 

 the present time, I have met with in an area of some six miles around 

 Strood, Kent. A large portion of the area belongs to the chalk 

 formation, and is intersected by the somewhat deep and wide river 

 valley of the Medway, with some amount of marsh land under tidal 



