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eye in its swift flight; from time to time the butterfly would settle 
upon flowers, but even then a capture was difficult to effect, for it 
would usually fly up when one was some yards distant. 
H. sidae.—Common in the same localities as the last species, and 
of similar habits. Some of the examples are very large; I have one 
that expands 45 mm., as against 39 mm., the expanse of the largest 
of my southern French specimens. The Sarepta form is also more 
brightly marked, both on the upper and lower surfaces; first seen on 
May 28th. 
H. malvae.—A few specimens were seen at all localities, of what 
I presume is this species; unfortunately, neither Mr. Jones nor myself 
brought back a male, so we cannot be quite certain. 
Nisoniades tages.—Not uncommon at Ialta and Novorossisk, a 
very typical form. 
Augiades sylvanus.—Common in woods at Sarepta from May 21st. 
Adopaea flava.—Common at Sarepta ; a fine richly-coloured form, 
expanding up to 40 mm.; first seen on June 6th. 
A. lineola.—Abundant in the same localities as the last species, 
from May 31st. 
The Heterocera of Sarepta were most interesting and abundant, 
and it was a matter of keen regret to both Mr. Jones and myself that 
we were not able to work at them more thoroughly ; but this would 
have entailed a certain amount of night collecting, and one cannot 
very well keep fit if both day and night work is undertaken, especially 
when, as in our case, you are on the wrong side of a certain age. 
Perhaps the most striking moth we saw was the exquisite 
Macroglossa croatica, which although not common, was not in- 
frequent in June; it seems probable that it can fly rapidly, but those 
I saw, all of which were captured, were slowly threading their way 
amongst the herbage; the larva is said to feed upon Centaurea. 
Zygeenide were very rare; a few examples of what I suppose is 
Procris gtobulariae were taken at Sarepta and Novorossisk, and at 
the former locality Syntomis phegea was seen not rarely. 
The larvee of Malacosoma castrensis were abundant amongst 
Artemesia, sp. 
The beautiful Cucullia argentina was not infrequent at rest on 
the stems of dead plants, and was exceedingly well protected by its 
resemblance to them. Heliothis scutosa swarmed everywhere, and 
H. dipsaceus was equally abundant. I bred an example of this 
species from a larva found feeding upon the flowers of a Salvia, 
which resembled and might be S. pratensis. 
H. peltigera and the beautiful H. incarnata both occurred, and 
Acontia lucida and A. tttania were common; a handsome larva 
found upon a species of Linaria produced Calophasia casta. 
Micra paula was not infrequently taken; probably it was 
abundant, but of course its small size made it very inconspicuous. 
M. parallela and the beautiful M. purpurina occurred. 
Amongst the Plusias I have brought away examples of P. 22 and 
P. gutta, and the ubiquitous P. gamma swarmed. 
Emmelia trabealis was abundant and generally distributed, and 
everywhere in swamps. 
Hrastia argentula was abundant. 
