Collection of Butterflies made in 3farocco, 1900-2. 377 



Imentalla, July 9th, 1901, 5,500 ft. Arasmiz, June 

 16th, 1901. 



37. Coinonympha vaueheri, Blachier. Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 France, 1905^ p. 213. (C. meade-waldoi, n. sp. Elwes MS.)* 



Plate XIX, fig. 1, 2, 2, ?. 



It was abundant on the more barren stony places near 

 the top, but none occurred amongst the broom-covered 

 slopes lower down. 



Fairly common on Tsauritz Entsagauz, and very 

 abundant on Tizi Gourza up to the top of the mountains. 

 Seen nowhere else. Tsauritz Entsagauz, July 6th. Tizi 

 Gourza, July 11th, 1901. 



I may incidentally add that the top of Tizi Gourza is 

 entirely stone boulders and great slabs of rock for the 

 last 500 ft., and on reaching the extreme summit we saw 

 a hollow place beneath a great slab, in this were some 

 bits of rag held down by stones, and from the top fluttered 

 some white rags from a stick jammed in between the 

 rocks. It was a holy place, and our susi, Hammoo, the 

 only one of our Moors who would accompany us, crept in, 

 lay down on his face and prayed. 



[" This is a very distinct species which can be mistaken 

 for no other, and on account of the extreme difficulty of 

 reaching the place where it was found is likely to remain 

 very rare in collections. I do not know with what species 

 to compare it, and as the figures will show its characters 

 better than any description I will only say that it seems 

 to be the most Alpine species found in the Southern 

 Atlas, for although Mr. Meade-Waldo saw many other 

 insects as high up on the mountain, he never saw this 

 butterfly except at a very considerable elevation, certainly 

 not below 8,500 ft."— E. J. K] 



38. Thecla ilieis, Esp., var. memritanica, Stgr. 



Abundant everywhere where cork oak and prickly oak 

 occur. 



Busharin, May 16th. Ras Doura, May 18th. Tsauritz 

 Entsagauz, 1901. 



* Mr. Meade-Waldo's specimens of tliis new and very interesting 

 Satyrid in the Natural History Museum, from which the figures on 

 Plate XIX have been drawn, agree in all respects with M. Blachier's 

 description of G. vaueheri. and I have therefore adopted this name. 

 —J. J. W. 



