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We left Argostoli on the evening of April 23rd, and did a 

 couple of days at manoeuvres, finally ariving at Nauplia. On 

 the 27th I landed and walked out to Tiryns, where there are 

 some very ancient ruins of immense size, and said to be pre- 

 Hellenic. Here I found : — 



Hipparchia semele. — One male; typical. 



Ccenonympha pamphilus. — Common aud typical. 



Vanessa ecjea. — One. 



Pt/rameis cardui. — Common. 



Polyommatus teams. — One male. 



Et(ry)tnis ediisa and Pieris rapiP. — -Common. 



Knchlo'e belia. — Common, and in very good condition. Easily 

 distinguishable from /'. rapce on the wing, as it looks darker and the 

 flight is swifter. 



Achivus machaon. — One rather tattered specimen. 



Spilothynis althecB and PamphUa thaumas.— One of each on the 

 ruins at Tiryns. 



Acontia luctuosa. — Common. 



^^(jeria apiformis. — Common on poplar trunks on the road to 

 Tiryns. I found about a score of empty pupa-cases sticking out of the 

 trees, all low down on the north and east sides. A couple of females 

 I took oviposited freely ; the ova are not attached in any way, and in 

 nature are probably dropped promiscuously into tbe crevices of the bark. 



On April 29th we left Nauplia for the Gulf of Patras for 

 another series of manoeuvres, and then back to Malta. On 

 May 1st, when about one hundred miles from Greece, a couple 

 of Deilephila livornica were caught on board and brought to me ; 

 of course, they may have flown on board the night before, though 

 we had all lights out, but it is quite possible that they may have 

 been migrating. 



(To be continued.) 



SOUTH AFRICAN COCCID^. 



B\ T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



The Coccidae here discussed form part of a collection sent to 

 me by Mr. Claude Fuller, Government Entomologist of Natal. 

 I had not meant to make any further study of African Coccidae, 

 except for purposes of comparison with American species, but I 

 have not been able to resist investigating the interesting material 

 sent unsolicited by Mr. Fuller, who, unfortunately, cannot find 

 time to study it himself. 



(1). Monophlebus fulleri, n. sp. — Maritzburg, Natal, on grass 

 heads; uncommon. 



?. Length 7, breadth 3, height 2| millim., without cottony 

 covering, but secreting some loose white cotton beneath at maturity ; 



