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3s. Pronatestra silenides (iStd^T.). 

 ] ,?, Kof-cl-l)iir. 



I liavc taken this insuct; .-it liiflit in iiiimliers at Tilrlinujit and Ghardaia in 

 1911, and at (jriielt-es-Stel in l'.iI2, and have received many I'rom Victor Faronlt 

 from Bon Saada. 



:'.'■'. Cardepia sociabilis (Jmsl. 

 1 S, Uordj CUcgga. 



Both irrisor Plrsch. and liujiiliKita Mab. arc distiijct sjiecies, the latter even 

 belongs to another geiins. 



411. Cardepia affinis sjt. nov. 



1 cT, Kef-el-l)or. 



S. MWiiAio sociabilis. Differs in tlio almost pure satiny white liindwings, in the 

 position of the inner stigma and sj)ot below it, and in the presence of the strong, 

 cloudy, zigzag, transverse, ante-terminal brown band. 



4ii.\. Cirphis loreyi (l)ui)on). 

 1 ? , lOl-Golea. 

 A common widespread s]ifieies. 



41. CopicucuUia cyrtana cyrtana (Mab.). 



13 SS, 1?, 15ord.i Saada ; 17 di, 4 ? V, Hoidj t'licgga; 4 iS, Kef-el-Dor; 

 3 <?tJ, 2 ? ?, Nza-ben-Hiiig ; 1 ?, Mraier, 1 S, Aretidji, north of Onargla. 



This is a rather variable s]iecies as regards colour of hindwing and deptli of 

 marking, some of the more heavily marked spcciniens almost e(|ua]ling tlie race 

 described iielow. In addition to this series, in jinvious years wc have 'collected 

 and received through Victor Faronlt specimens from El-Kantara, J?iskra, Ghardaia, 

 Bon Saada, Colomb Bechar, Ain Draham, Khenchela, etc. 



The siieciniens from the Canary Islands are niurh more heavily marked tiiaii 

 those from N.W. Africa, and 1 propose to call tliis subspecies (Jnodli'i c/rtoua 

 /ti;.sj/cri</um subsp. nov. 



4-', Cucullia lucifuga Hitbu. 



1 (?, 1 ?,Bordi ("hegga. 



These are not ([uiie typical, resembling at tirst siglit more the ? S of 

 r. umbratica and chamomillae \ but unless one has had the larva as well as 

 the imago for comparison it is impossible to safely split up any Cucullia into 



subspecies. 



40. Copiphana gassana (Blaohier). 



1 S, Mraier, between Biskra and Touggourt ; 1 J, halfway between Touggourt 

 and Uuargla; 1 ?, Hassi el-Hadjar, S.W. of Ouargla : 1 ?, north of El-Golea. 



This si)ecies ap])eared to be very rare this year. In I'.il 1 we caught it in large 

 numbers at Ghardaia and Tilrhempt ; but also at Tilrhemjit this year Victor 

 Faronlt only caught very few. 



Like most of the other sjjecies formerly united iu Cleophaua as well as the 

 species of Calojihasia, ('. gassana varies much in depth of colour, and specimens of 

 uniform cream-white witii few or no markings above are not very rare. This white 

 form has been described as a distinct species by Bang-Haas, under the name of 

 Cleophaiiii alhitm. 



