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XXI. On a Collection of Butterflies made in Marocco, in 

 1900-01-02. By E. G. B. Meade- Waldo. (Com- 

 municated by H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., etc.) 



[Read October 18th, 1905.] 



Plates XVIII, XIX. 



Though the butterflies of the neighbourhood of Tangier 

 and of some other points on the coast of Morocco have been 

 collected by the late Mr. J. H. Leech and Mr. J. J. Walker, 

 yet no really important collection has been made in this 

 little-explored country. The following collection was made 

 during an eighteen months' residence in Marocco. Col- 

 lecting at and in the neighbourhood of Tangier, viz. within 

 20 miles, and on a long excursion which started from Tan- 

 gier on May 8th, 1901, and lasted until August 21st. W T e 

 went by way of Busharin to Rabat, thence by Fedulla, and 

 striking inland over the central plains to Beni Meskin, 

 crossed the Quad Moorbey, Oom-er-rebia of the maps, and 

 went eastward, spending some time at a tiny tent village 

 on the desert called Oolad Lasara. Throughout the central 

 plains the heat was great, often reaching 116° in the shade, 

 with hot nights, and owing to this, and also to a previous 

 visitation of locusts which had consumed almost all vegeta- 

 tion, nothing much could be done except on the banks of 

 the river. From here we went slowly south to Marrakesh 

 (Marocco City), and then into the Great Atlas, which we 

 entered at Agurgur ; from here we went, first southward 

 until we struck the valley of the Quad Nyfys, which we 

 followed until we got to the watershed above Tsigidir-el- 

 bur, then retracing a short way struck westward until we 

 reached the " Amsmiz." Here we encamped for some time 

 at a Berber village called Sould Jedid, which was delight- 

 fully situated about 6,000 feet up, and with most pleasant 

 inhabitants. The mountains here only rise to about 9,000 

 feet and are to a considerable extent covered with damp 

 forest on their northern slopes ; this forest consists largely 

 of Arar (Callitris quadrivahis), Prickly Oak, Holly, Laurus- 

 tinus, Arbutus, etc. We did not come to Pine (Pinus 

 halepcnsis) until we reached the Imentalla valley a day's 

 journey further on. After spending some days collecting 

 in this neighbourhood, we started light, with only a little 

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