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the figure in Lang's book ; of the specimens I obtained in 

 Andalusia, not more than twenty per cent, would resemble the 

 example figured in depth of colour. A species tha,t I did not 

 expect to meet with here was Melanargia ines, of which I netted 

 a few males. Anthocharis belia was common, examples both of 

 the first and of the second broods were captured in some 

 numbers. Euchloe euphenoides occurred not infrequently down 

 by the river in the gorge, and two or three battered specimens of 

 Papilio podaiirius var. feisthamelii flew wildly on the top of the 

 cliffs. Of other species I noted Pontia daplidice var. bellidice 

 common, and Pararge megcera and a skipper I have not yet been 

 able to name ; it is of the Hesperia alveus group, but is not 

 H. alveus. 



The following morning, April 20th, looked equally promising, 

 early, and this being my last day at Konda, I decided to devote 

 it to a search for Cupido lorquinii, which my friend Mr. E. F. S. 

 Tylecote met with some years ago not infrequently in the 

 mountains some four or five miles east of the town ; this proved 

 a fatal error of judgment on my part, for, although_ the valley 

 round Eonda basked in the sunshine all the morning, clouds 

 soon gathered, and persistently hung round the summits I was 

 amongst, and consequently my attempt resulted in a failure : 

 this turned out to be even more disastrous than I then realized, 

 for I did not succeed in meeting with C. lorquinii elsewhere in 

 Andalusia. 



On April 21st we went on to Algeciras, where we stayed until 

 the 29th. I did not find Algeciras a very fruitful locality for 

 -Lepidoptera ; there were a few Anthocharis belemia var. glance, 

 Thais rumina, Euchloe euphenoides, and some other species of 

 general distribution, flying in the vicinity of the well-known 

 waterfall, two miles back in the mountains ; and I netted a fine 

 specimen of Pyrgus proto, and saw a very large hybernated 

 example of Eugonia polychloros. The best ground for butterflies 

 in the district is, undoubtedly, the very beautiful cork-woods of 

 Almoraima, some nine miles inland ; these woods are many 

 miles in extent, and are intersected in places with impassable 

 swamps ; the ground containing many specimens is very 

 limited in extent, and almost impossible to find unless you have 

 a guide. I was, however, fortunate in meeting, on my first 

 journey there, with Colonel Willoughby Verner, who resides at 

 Algeciras during a portion of the year, and whose researches in 

 Andalusian ornithology are so well known. Colonel Verner was 

 out on an expedition after birds, and seeing I was a stranger 

 most kindly took me in hand and piloted me to the best locality 

 in the woods, which is some three or four miles east of the rail- 

 way station, and consists of a group of kopjes, about 200 ft. 

 high, and the valleys or depressions between them. Here I 

 found Thais riimina abundant and in fine condition; Euchloe 



