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see the lighthouse at Cape Spartel some 500 feet below, and to find 

 oneself among a luxurious vegetation. The scene seemed changed by 

 magic. My guide was right in his prophecy, for here were butterflies 

 in some numbers. (loncptenix cleo/iatia, P. acf/eria, and T. riDiiina 

 were not uncommon ; Kuddo'e eiiplieuo flitted along the path at 

 intervals, and was by no means uncommon. M}" guide I found most 

 useful, and as we approached our resting place he hurried off with 

 the luncheon, which 1 found on my arrival spread out in the shade at 

 a lovely spot overlooking the sea, A', rnplienu tantalizingly flying 

 round during the repast. The afternoon was now somewhat advanced, 

 and I had to return and leave this enchanting spot. 



On April 5th I left for Malaga and thence to Ronda and Grenada, 

 but as I returned to Algeciras on May 22nJ, and remained there until 

 May 27th before sailing for England, I will complete my notes of 

 that area and deal with the Grenada portion afterwards. 



I found comfortable quarters at the Hotel Anglo Espafia. On 

 May 23rd Captain Jacobs came over from Gibraltar, and we started by 

 an early train for the cork woods. Almoraima is the station and is 

 in the midst of them ; the paths diverge in every direction, and one 

 might easily lose one's way, but under the guidance of Captain Jacobs 

 we wandered many miles and fairly well found our way back to 

 Almoraima. The woods were not very productive of lepidopterous life ; 

 that large and beautiful form of I'liirhlo'c [Anthocliarii^) ta(fis had long 

 since disappeared, but the second brood of /<>'. belemia var. (/lance was 

 met with occasionally, also here and there specimens of Lcptidia 

 sinopu, I'icrifi dajilidicc, iAtnijyidcs [Ranivardia) tcUcanm^, Hesperia proto 

 and Kncldiie (mplicnoides. 



J hoped to find a locality for Li/rcwiia {('iipidn) loiipihui, and woi'ked 

 in various directions the three following days. Along the Tarifa Road 

 I walked for many miles, but without success; on this road the wild 

 flowers presented a blaze of colour, chiefly a species of mallow, the fields 

 in places being completely mauve in colour. Along the roadsides there 

 was an abundance of flowering plants including thistles, which attracted 

 crowds of freshly emerged specimens of Pi/raincis cardiii. I'l. belemia var, 

 ijlaiicc occurred at intervals, but this species was more common on the 

 hillsides near the coast where I took a beautiful series. Here also 

 lAiinjiidca bocticiis was not uncommon and ('(dias edima most abundant; 

 of the var. /wlice 1 took a beautiful short series. On the 28th May 

 Captiiin Jacobs and I paid a visit to the hill slopes beyond Linea, where 

 we had collected on March 81st, but the wind wns so high that 

 collecting was out of the question except in sheltered ravines, where, 

 during intervals of sunshme, I took a few males of Kpincidiele Ida. On 

 our return journey through the sandy district among an abundance of 

 flowering plants in a neglected allotment ground, amongst the cacti, we 

 found quite an abundance of Lepidoptera including among others 

 J I. proto, Adopaea {Tltt/melictin) acteon, Epinephele jurtina var. Iihptdla, 

 Deiopeia imlrliella and Stcrrlia nacraria. 



I remained at Malaga from April 5th until May lUth, at the 

 Hacienda de Giro, which, in addition to its excellent cuisine, possesses 

 a very beautiful garden, one of the best in the villa suburb of Caleta. 

 1 explored most of the valleys to the east as far as the little fishing 

 village of Palo; the Limonar valley just beyond Caleta was fairly good 

 collecting— a ravine with well-clothed hillsides being my chief hunting- 



