294 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



head. No resistance appears to be made by the victim. It occurred 

 to me as they were such cannibals, and having a good quantity of 

 larv;e, to see whether they could be fed on larva? of the same species. 

 What occurred was, that although they fed on this food with avidity, 

 they appeared to get no nourishment, for out of 30 larv?e with 

 which I experimented only three pupated, and one of these was 

 subsequently eaten, the two remaining, therefore, accounted for 

 28 larva?, which were half fed when I commenced. The two pupge 

 are very much undersized ; the larvae appear to prefer their cannibal- 

 istic feasts to a natural one of ivy if more than one is kept in each cage. 



Hesperia malvae. — Common, but invariable. 



Nisomades ta;ies. — Common. I took a c? with the ground of a 

 cream colour, with the usual dark-coloured markings. 



Amjiades sylvanns. — ^Fairly common ; invariable. 



Vrhicola co)in)ia. —Yery abundant; first appearance July 23rd; 

 several of the females were very dark, and two males were taken 

 approaching the form dara. 



Adopai'ct f^ava (linea). — Abundant, and showing little variation. 



In conclusion, I think one may say that the past season has been 

 very favourable for, at any rate, the Rhopalocera. Other orders I 

 cannot give any opinion on, as I have given them no attention. 

 Every species that I have had anything to do with has been far more 

 numerous than for many seasons past, although the mild winter may 

 have been one of the chief factors in this. 



Two Months among the Butterflies in Southern Spain. 



By ALBERT H. JONES, F.E.S. 

 (Continued from paije 263.) 

 The weather (April 18th) was still most unsettled at Malaga, and 

 I hesitated before starting for the higher ground of Ronda and Granada, 

 especially as the reports from these districts were most discouraging. 

 However, a letter from Mr. Sloper stating that Encldo'c taiiix was well 

 out in the cork woods settled matters, and on April 19th I left for 

 Ronda, stopping at the Station Hotel. The following morning I started 

 along the clitt's, the locality indicated by Mr. Sheldon, and when I 

 reached the spot, a mile and a half from Ronda, where the cliffs are 

 intersected by a path leading to the River Quadalevin below, butterflies 

 were quite numerous flying along the edge of the precipice. Of /^ . tanis 

 I secured a few, also of A', bdeiiiia and K. belia. The following 

 morning I visited the same locality, but owing probably to a change 

 of wind, not one was to be seen. Beyond the path there is a fir wood 

 of some extent ; through this I walked, and very soon came upon the 

 Quadalevin again, which takes a sharp turn at this point. The river 

 lay 500 feet below, and the banks, too steep for cultivation, were 

 covered with a luxuriant vegetation. This appeared to be the home of 

 all the butterflies in the neighbourhood — K. belia in point of .numbers 

 outrivalling all. The gently flying A'. ta<iis was easily detected and 

 caught. K. beleiina occurred, but was not quite so common. I'apilin 

 viac/iaon, P. podaliritis vfiv. feisthaiiielii, Gonepteri/x deopatra, and Thai^ 

 riiniiua (a fine form, not uncommon), were in plenty, with solitary 

 specimens of both /'.'. eitplienoldcx and Melanari/ia ines, and many other 

 species. Curiously enough there was not a representative of either the 



