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and is not capable of being confounded with E. helia ; most 

 English writers have been rather at fault in their description of 

 this species (myself included), but a personal acquaintance with 

 it will leave no room for mistaking the hazy, clouded appearance 

 of the markings of the under side, and the generally slender 

 character of the insect as compared with the other species. The 

 original figure of Hiibner exactly represents it. 



I found here Leptidia sinajns for the first time in Spain ; 

 large and lightly marked. Other species taken here were 

 Papilio podalirms var. feisthanielii, P. machaon, Pieris daplidice, 

 Gonepteryx rhcunni, Euchloe euphenoides, and Lyccena bellargus. 

 Thais rumina was also common. 



Vanessa polychloros was seen several times at Ronda, flying 

 about ilex trees ; I mention this particularly, as it is marked in 

 both editions of Staudinger's Catalogue "?And." The specimens 

 taken appeared to be hybernated ones. 



On my return to Jerez, on April 6th, I visited a range of low 

 calcareous hills (Los Cruces) four miles to the south, overlooking 

 the Atlantic, with views of Cadiz and Puerto S. Maria ; there I 

 found, in addition to the common species, Lyccena lo7'qmnii 

 (very sparingly, however) and Melanargia ines just beginning to 

 appear. Syrichthus sao was also taken. 



The only other species taken during the rest of my stay at 

 Jerez were Epinephele pasijjliae, which became after a time pretty 

 abundant; and, in one spot only, Melitcea (etheria, now ranked as 

 a good species in Staudinger's Catalogue, 1901. Of this I took 

 a good series in fine condition on April 18th. 



On April 12th I saw a specimen, in good condition, of Argynnis 

 latonia, in the grounds of ' El Palacio.' 



Two days were spent in Cadiz, but the weather was very un- 

 favourable, with only a few gleams of sunshine. Yet, whenever 

 the sun did shine, there were plenty of butterflies to be seen, 

 though only common ones — P. atalanta, P. cardui, C. edusa, 

 P. rap(B, P. brassicce, &c. Several times observed P. cardui 

 flying, moth fashion, round the gas-lamps at night. 



On April 22nd I went to Malaga, where the environs are very 

 beautiful, and suggestive of the presence of butterflies. Here in 

 the hills of the Mediterannean littoral I found a fair number of 

 species. Melanargia ines and Epinephele pasiphae were abun- 

 dant ; E. ianira was beginning to appear, also Coenonympha 

 pamphiliis. Of Lyccena bcetica two specimens were observed. I 

 also saw two or three specimens of the very small form of Colias 

 edusa var. pyrenaica, Gr. Gr., "fere duplo minor," Staudinger, 

 1901. Here also I took var. helice. Epinephele ida was also 

 taken on April 29th. Euchloe belemia and E. belia and Pyrameis 

 cardui and atalanta were common. 



From Malaga I went up to Alhourhin el Grande, a village 

 about ten miles northward ; in the mountains here I hoped to 



