378 ]\[r, J. J. Walker's nntea on Lrpidoptcra 



end of September. The larva was found plentifully at 

 Malaga at the end of April, 1888, between united leaves 

 of Phlomis jjurpurea, L. 



S.fritillum, Hiibn. — Locally common in a waste field 

 by the side of the main road between Campamento and 

 San Roque, but not seen elsewhere. First found July 

 13th, 1887, and again on May 22nd of the following year. 



S. sao, Hiibn., var. tliercqme, Rbr. — Common near San 

 Roque in dry waste places, frequenting the flowers of 

 thyme, &c. ; also sparingly in the cork-woods, at Tangier, 

 and at Esmir. Double-brooded, appearing in April 

 {16th) and May, and again in July, the second brood 

 being the more common. I took a fine freshly-emerged 

 example at Esmir as late as November 3rd, 1888. 



Hespcria tluiumas, Hufn. — Generally abundant 

 throughout the Gibraltar district (except on the Rock, 

 where I have never seen it), as well as at Tangier, in 

 dry open places. May 10th to the middle of June. 



H. actceon, E. — Also plentiful at Campamento, San 

 Roque, and other places near Gibraltar, but not on the 

 Rock, and I have no record from Marocco ; it is always 

 found in damp situations. May 10th to the middle of 

 June. 



H. nostradamiLs, F. — Common in the Gibraltar district, 

 being often taken on heliotrope flowers in the Alameda ; 

 also at Tangier (where I first observed it on June 11th, 

 1887), Benzus Bay, and Esmir. It is most plentiful in 

 August and September, and frequents the hottest and 

 driest situations. 



H, Zellcri, Lederer. — This little skipper is found only 

 on the African side of the Straits. My first specimen 

 was taken at Benzus Bay on August 30th, 1887, and I 

 subsequently met with it in a damp spot among the 

 sand-hills about a mile east of Tangier on September 

 19th, and again in some numbers on the edge of the 

 Esmir lagoon on October 1st. In the following year I 

 took it again at Esmir on July 25th, and in good con- 

 dition as late as November 10th. The flight of this 

 butterfly is much less rapid than that of its near ally, 

 P. nostradamus, and it appears always to be found in 

 moist places, or at any rate, never very far away from 

 water; at Esmir the yellow flowers of Inida viscosa, 

 Ait., are its great attraction. The original record of 

 this species (Lederer, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, 

 p. 194) gives Syria as its habitat. I can find no record 



