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Parnara zelleri, Ld. — Very rare at Sebclou in August. I only took 

 one specimen, and saw about three others. 



Carchaiodus alcecc, Esp. — Not very common at Sebdou in July. A 

 small form. 



HcAperia proto var. mohammedi, Obth. — Seemed to have several 

 broods. In the first, which I found nearly over at Teniet in May, the 

 few fresh specimens I did get were much paler on the under side than 

 those of the second brood, which appeared in eTuue ; the latter coming 

 nearer to the type in the warm colouring underneath. I also took 

 this butterfly at Sebdou in August. 



H. s((o var. ali, Obth. — First taken near Blidah on April 30th. 

 Occurred there in the cedar forest in May. I also took it at Teniet ; 

 but it occurred much more commonly at Sebdou than anywhere else. 

 On the wing all through the summer, apparently having a succession 

 of broods. J /i seems to me to be an intermediate form between the 

 type and the var. therapne of Corsica. 



H. aloeus, Hb., var. ('?). — One of the many varieties of alveus 

 occurred at Sebdou and Tlemcen in June, July, and August, but I 

 cannot satisfactorily determine which it belongs to ! 



Before closing these notes, I would like to give what little infor- 

 mation I can about Satyrus ahdelkader, though unfortunately I have no 

 personal experience to draw upon. I believe the best locality for it in 

 the Province of Oran is not Sebdou (where I doubt if it occurs at all), 

 but a place called Nedroma, fifteen hours' drive from Tlemcen, but 

 from its position on the map, would seem to be more easily approached 

 from Nemours. My informant was an Arab, who volunteered this 

 information, supplying the name of the butterfly too, quite unasked, 

 declaring that he himself had been to Nedroma more than once with 

 French and German collectors, and that in the month of August, 

 ahdelkader (he would naturally not have forgotten that name) flew in 

 great abundance. This man also stated that it did not occur at Sebdou 

 at all ; but I should be sorry to vouch for the truth of any statements 

 made by an Arab. Some day I hope to visit Nedroma and see for 

 myself. 



7, Lansdown Place (East), Bath : February 24tb, 1906. 



Miss Fountaine very kindly handed over to me the ZygaenidaG 

 captured by her in Algeria in 1904, and I therefore take this 

 opportunity to add a list of the species included. Superficially, 

 with the exception of Z.favonia, Frr., which occurred in May at 

 Teniet-el-Haad, and seems fairly distinct, the three most' inter- 

 esting, though classed in Staudinger's Catalogue as true species — 

 Z. loyselis, Oberth., Z. algira, Dup., and Z, ignifera, Korb — 

 suggest merely local forms of Z. sarpedon (?) and Z. fausta 

 respectively. Of the f&v-i'Singing Jilipendulcs-trifolii group, I have 

 no examples from this collection ; but it includes a single Z. 

 carniolica from Sebdou, which seems referable to var. allardi, 

 Oberth. — H. Eowland-Brown, M.A. 



