384 Mr. J. J. Walker's iioies on Lepidoptera 



Agrotis Dahlii, Hiibn. — Eare ; on ivy-blossom at 

 Gibraltar, November, 1887. 



A. saucia, Hiibn. — Not uncommon, and appears to be 

 found almost all the year. Gibraltar and Tangier. 



A. Icucogaster, Freyer. — One specimen of this pretty 

 species, bred from a pupa found in some flood-refuse 

 near Tetuan. February, 1889. 



A. puta, Hiibn. — Not common. Taken at ivy-bloom 

 at Gibraltar in October. 



A. segetum, W. V.— A fairly common but not abun- 

 dant insect, at ivy-bloom at Gibraltar. October and 

 November. 



A. spinifera, Hiibn. — Found occasionally on the Eock 

 at ivy-bloom in October, also met with in February ; it 

 is, however, more plentiful among coarse grass and 

 herbage at La Tuiiara, on the " Eastern Beach" (of the 

 Mediterranean), three miles north of Gibraltar, in 

 October. Some very richly-marked specimens were 

 taken on the Tangier sand-hills in September, 1888. 



A. ypsilon, Eott. {suffusa, Hiibn.). — Not common; on 

 ivy-blossom at Gibraltar, in October. 



A. crassa, Hiibn. — Eare ; one or two worn specimens 

 at light, and disturbed from among herbage, in September. 

 Gibraltar. 



Brithys iMncratii, Cyr. — Not taken in the perfect state, 

 but the conspicuous white-spotted black larvfe were 

 abundant on the leaves of the beautiful and fragrant 

 sea-lily {Pancratium maritimwn^ L.), which grows on 

 every sandy beach throughout the region, just above the 

 reach of the waves. These larvfe are to be found almost 

 all the year round, and I bred the imago in November 

 and February. 



Dryohota saportce, Dup. — A fairly common insect at 

 Gibraltar on ivy-blossom. October and November. 



Mamestra serena, W. V. — Once bred from a pupa 

 picked up on the Eock of Gibraltar, March, 1888 : a 

 dark and suffused specimen closely approaching the var. 

 Corsica, Eamb. 



M. dysodea, W. V. — One or two specimens found at 

 rest on stones, &c., on the Eock. April. 



M. oleracea, L. — Not common. Bred from pupa, also 

 on ivy-blossom at Gibraltar, in October. 



Trigonoplwra fiammea, E. — A fine specimen, taken on 

 ivy-bloom at Gibraltar, November, 1887. 



