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Larva: head yellowish tjrey with a number of very fine black hairlines ; legs 

 yellowish grey ringed and spotted with black; sides and uuder-surface yellowish 

 grey ; back yellowish grey all but the 1st segment, with transverse black bands ; on 

 the 2nd to 0th these bands are narrow, followed on 5th and 0th by a black spot ; 

 on the 7th to 11th these bands arc broad. 



The larvae at El-Arich were feeding on Rclntmi ractam. 



In order to make this description complete the following is a synopsis of the 

 local races of ^1. muvina. 



Amicta murina qiiadrangnlarix (Christ.). 

 Wings transparent, whitish grey margins scaled with sooty grey. Persia. 



A. murina nigresce.m (Staud.). 

 Wings and body sooty black. Armenia. 



A. murinii albescens (Stand.). 

 Wings and body pale yellowish cinnamon buff, considerably larger. Palestine. 



A. murina murina (King.). 

 Uniform greyish white with pale brown costa and abdomen. UriKi! Egvi'T. 



.1. murina mauretanira Rothsch. 

 Unifiirm monse-grey. Nouth-Wkst Africa. 



The eases of all these forms are alike ijnadrangular, turret-shaped, and comjmsed 



of short pieces of plant-stem laid ])!irallcl and at right angles. 



COSSIDAE. 



In4. Cossus aries Piing. 



1 ?, Kef-el-Uor. 



When I took a specimen of this insect at light.at Tilrhcrajjt in April 1911, 

 there were only two specimens of this species recorded, which had come from 

 Palestine. On comparing my specimen at the British Museum, 1 was struck 

 by its resemblance to the type of Cossus aegi/iitiaca Hami}son ; l)nt its author 

 thought it could not be the same as mine, for that insect has light hindwings, 

 while mine had brown-black hindwings like Piiugler's type. This year, besides 

 Dr. Hartert's specimen, I received throe others from Victor Faroult from Tilrherapt, 

 one of which and Dr. Hartert's arc true aci/t/jitiaca wiiile the otiicr two arc inter- 

 mediate. This proves that the light hindwinged individuals arc not a distinct 

 species, but must stand as Cossus aries ab. aeyi/ptiaea Hm})sn. 



In Part 101 Palaearctica Dr. Seitz records a very large specimen from 

 Tunisia and one from Biskra ; so, like many other i)urely desert species, it is very 

 widespread. 



lO.i. Dyspessa suavis Stdgr. 



4 ? ?, half-way between Onargla and El-Golea; 1 ?, north of El-Golea. 



This insect is very distinct from jordana Staudinger, and must in my opinion 

 be treated as a separate species. One reason why its author and others including 

 myself considered it only a form oi jordana, was because none of us had seen really 

 fine perfect specimens like the present series. I also think that both jordana and 



