876 Mr. J. J. Walker's notes on Lepidoptera 



1886 (vide Entom. Monthly Mag., vol. xxiii,, p. 162), and 

 was seen shortly afterwards by me, it being then only 

 just dead. I kept a special look-out for it during the 

 whole of my stay at Gibraltar, but did not see or hear 

 of another specimen. 



Melanargia ines, Hfsgg. {thetis, Hiibn.). — Only one 

 specimen of this pretty species, a female in very fine 

 condition, taken in the cork-woods on May 21st, 1887. 

 I saw it commonly at Malaga when I was there in 

 H.M.S. ' Swiftsure' in April, 1876, and on my visit to 

 the same place in May, 1888, obtained a few beautiful 

 si^ecimens (all males) on a bare limestone hill-top about 

 two miles east of the town. It is said to occur abundantly 

 at Gaucin, 25 miles north of Gibraltar. 



Satyj'us statilinus, Hufn., var. allionia, F. — Abundant 

 in the stone-pine plantations beyond San Eoque, and in 

 the cork-woods, but not found on the Kock of Gibraltar ; 

 in Marocco I have observed it at Benziis Bay. It is very 

 fond of settling on the trunks of the cork-trees, and is to 

 be taken in good condition from July 2nd to the end of 

 August. I have seen worn stragglers in the cork-woods 

 as late as October 29th. Usually very large and well- 

 marked, averaging 2 in. 6 lin. (= 63'5 mm.) in expanse 

 of wing. 



S.fidia, L. — This fine species is very common on the 

 Kock of Gibraltar, being often seen on the main road 

 settled on horse-droppings, or coming down from the 

 slopes above when the road is watered, as it is every day 

 about 3 p.m. ; it is then most easily taken, as the ground 

 it usually frequents is very rough and impracticable. 

 The specimens are larger and finer than those I have 

 seen from South France, the female often attaining an 

 expanse of wing of 3 in. (= 76 mm.). The earliest date 

 on which I have observed it (in 1888) is June 16th, and 

 it continues on the wing until the end of August. I 

 have taken it sparingly in the cork-woods, and in 

 Marocco at Benzus Bay. Its flight is powerful, and it 

 is rather shy. 



Pararge mcsra, L., var. adraste, Hiibn. — Only met with 

 at Malaga, and there but rarely, on April 5th, 1888. 



P. megcera, L. — Very abundant everywhere throughout 

 the Straits region, and on the wing almost all the year 

 round ; I have notes of its appearance from January 

 28th to the end of October. Perhaps slightly paler 



