40 H. C EFFLATOITN. 



maïkiiigs boooii\o obscure roddish-orange and niove extended, so 

 that tho ooutrast belwoon tho oranue and tlio black becomes blur- 

 rcd. 



Almoj^t ail tho sixvies ot' tins goniis havo a strong tendency 

 to forn\ local races or fornis. of whicli probably large nunibers havo 

 beiMi dcsoribed as distinct species, and niy belief is that until a 

 serions stndy and tviuparisou of the nialc geuitalia is oompleted. 

 noue ot' the other small species in this difticul: gonus can be 

 doscriUxl aivurately or nan;ed with certainty : nioreover. it foUows 

 that nntil snch a point is reached. it is less confusing and quite 

 ils correct to coUect tog-ether ail tho varions names (of which there 

 are no donbt some. if not many. synonyins) under the headings of 

 a very few species. although some niistakes niay occiir. 



this specnes as well as its dark forni is quite coinraon and 

 very widely distributod in Egypt ; n»y i-ecords date froni Deceniber 

 to the end of Octol»er. ^^ ftoticouda is also comnion and very 

 widely distributed iu Europe and in addition lias been recorded 

 from Syria and its rar. cah'tolata from Xorth Africa {Ethiopia), 

 Chile. : Mexicv^ and Europe (nifùlîcollis). 



