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Macedonia, it will appear either that I was exceptionally indolent^ 

 or that the order is very poorly represented in Macedonia. 



It is, of course, a fact that very little time could be employed 

 in collecting, properly speaking, but this would not account for 

 such a paucity of results. The main reason was that indicated 

 in my paper on the butterflies — the impossibility of working at 

 night. One could not, of course, potter about promiscuously 

 with lights, so that the chief means of attracting moths were 

 barred to me. Equally as important, however, is the fact that 

 all the places at which I was stationed were remarkably open.. 

 Woods were non-existent and trees remarkably scarce. Even 

 bushy ground, which affords mlich cover for moths in many 

 places, was rarely encountered, and this accounts, I think, for 

 the entire absence of many moths which are generally considered 

 as universally abundant through Europe. 



Chief interest attaches to the diurnal groups belonging to the 

 Noctuse, most of which are unknown in Britain, and are, indeed, 

 more distinctly Eastern, and I fancy that, should opportunity 

 occur for someone to do systematic w^ork in Macedonia, those 

 groups would prove of exceptional interest as forming a strong 

 connecting link between the Lepidopterous fauna of Europe and 

 Asia Minor. 



Zi/gcena j^Hoseilce, — Common in May in various places near 

 Kukus. 



Z. ^filipendulce. — Very abundant in Ma}' in the customary 

 habitats of the genus. I saw no marked variation from the 

 British forms, but noticed one feature which seems worth 

 recording : On one hillside where the insects were exceptionally 

 abundant there was a species of Dianihus with flowers of rich 

 crimson, almost the exact shade of the insect, and these flowers 

 were particularly favoured as alighting places. Either the 

 insects mistook them for fellows of their own species or it is 

 merely another example of j)i'otective resemblance. 



*Procris j^^'imi- — Fairly common on hillsides near Kukus at 

 the end of April and early May. 



P. statices. — An abundant species, with a great range of 

 variation, some forms being markedly bluish, while others were 

 distinctly green. 



Ooiogyna parasitum. — One specimen only, found floating on. 

 a stream at the end of February (Sarigueul). 



Arctia villica. — Several found at Kukus and Janes in May. 



Coscinia striata. — Very abundant in a patch of rough grass 

 near Kurkut in May, 1917. I took several striking varieties 

 of the male, in which the fore wings were darker than normal 

 and the hind wings entirely black. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. — Extraordinarily abundant from 

 March to November, and very interesting on account of its 

 ubiquity and its marked indifference to the presence of man. I 



