Séance du (V Avril tOti 73 



Notes on Some Egyptian Lepidoptera 



hy G. Stokky, H.A., F. F]. S. 



Knloniologisl, Ministry of Agriculture 



I have l)rouglit lor exhibition this evening a tew 

 Lepidoptera taken hy the Stall" of tin; Ministry of Agri- 

 cuUuje which I thoi!ghl might he of interest to tiiemeni-. 

 liers of this Society. The majority of them are so far as 

 I know recorded for the Hist time IVoin Egypt. 



The insects aie as follows : 



DdiKiis clirijsippiis, L., <> ah. (tlcippoidcs, Moore. — 

 Specimens of this variety ha\e heen taken in the 

 Fay urn and at Suez. 



<>■ Kulhalia (/anida, Mo.— A caterpilhir of this com- 

 mon Intlian species was taken on an imported mango 

 tree at Suez. The hutlerlly emerged but was unfortun- 

 ately crijipled. 



<> Metachrostis nideoiiis. Led. — Two pale specimens 

 of this species have been taken at Maadi in February 

 and April. 



EphannoltomeiKi costiplaga, Warren (= Bryophila 

 Costiplaga Bull. S.F.K., 1912. page 82)— This little 

 known species appears to occur fairly regularly at 

 Maadi in two generations but only in small numbers. 



■^ Not included in Andres' 'Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in 

 Aegypten beobachteten Schmetterlinge" (Bull. S.E.E. 1912, 

 page 53). 



