254 [April, 



Ligia Jourdanaria, Yill. : this species, wliich was plentiful at 

 Lambessa in April, has not, I believe, been taken before in Algeria. 



Sterrha sacraria, L., not rare at Guelma in June : I have one 

 curious specimen with the wings of a much dingier yellow, and the 

 transverse stripe brown, and much obliterated; ab.sanguinaria, Guelma, 

 June. 



Cidaria hilineata, v. testaceolata, Stgr., Guelma, June. 



Eupithecia hreviculata, Guelma, June. 

 Among the Pyra^idina, the following are most worthy of notice : 



Cledeohia hit erj unci alis, Gn., Guelma, May. 



Botys polygonalis, v. meridionaJis and insHtalis, both taken at 

 Guelma in June. 



Eurycreoji nudalis, Hb., Guelma, June. 



Cornifrons ulceratalis, Ld., Lambessa, April : this is, I believe, a 

 new locality for this insect. 



Metasia suppandalis, Hb., and adelalis, Gn., both of these were 

 taken at Guelma in June, and, I believe, are new to Algeria. 



Cramhus alpinellus, Hb., common at Guelma in June : this is, I 

 think, also new to Algeria. 



J take this opportunity of making a correction in my former 

 paper on Algerian Lepidoptera. In my description of Bomhyx lofi, 

 var. algeriensis, see page 242 of the last volume, I stated that the ? 

 had no small central whitish spot in the anterior-wings. I have since 

 received another $ specimen which has this spot (as in the parent 

 species) ; it is, however, rather indistinct. 



Augustus Koad, Edgbaston : 



December I'Uh, 1885. 



SOME CAPTURES OF LEPIDOPTERA IN 1885, WITH REMARKS. 

 BY WILLIAM WAEREN. 



Though my collecting during the season of 1885 was somewhat 

 desultory, yet as I had the good fortune to meet with two or three 

 rarities, with which I hope to become better acquainted another year 

 a short account of my principal captures may prove interesting. 



To prevent confusion, I will enumerate separately the species 

 met with in the Eastern Counties, taking Cambridge as the centre, 

 and those caught in the London district. 



My first capture of any importance was on April 26th, at Saffron 

 Walden, when after beating up and down a lane for a whole afternoon 

 without dislodging anything better than a stray S. Steinkellneriana, 

 just before dusk I secured a fine fresh ? H. pauperana. Beaten out 



