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of winter. In the shelter of these I discovered two interesting 

 varieties of Coe.nonympha pamphilus, namely, one specimen of 

 var. thyrsides Stgr., which has a row of submarginal black points 

 on the upper side of the hind wing, and two specimens of var. 

 lyllus. My other captures were E. passiphce var. philippina, 

 L. icariis, some Hesperids, and, of course, P. cardui, which was 

 everywhere. 



On June 4th we drove to the very curious and primitive Berber 

 town of Nedroma, an exceedingly cold ride across the hills. At this 

 place Satyrus abdelkader is known to occur, but we were too early 

 for it, and if the date had been right, the weather was wrong. 

 There were occasional gleams of sunshine as we crossed the hills, 

 and during one of these we pulled up and I took the local variety 

 of passiphce and A. var. glauce. At Nedroma itself the only 

 insects seen were solitary individuals of P. rapce and P. hrassiccB, 

 which were flying in the garden behind the village shop, which 

 also served the functions of an inn, where we were able to get 

 something to eat. As we left the town I got a glimpse of pandora, 

 but not much else was seen on the way home until we reached 

 some hot springs a few kilometres from Lallah Maghnia where 

 C. var. lielice was found. On Sundays a great cattle market is 

 held at Lallah Maghnia, which is well worth visiting, especially 

 by those who are on photography intent, for it is frequented 

 largely by Moroccan dealers, who come with their camels and 

 flocks and herds, and pitch their tents in the market place. 

 They are, however, a very rough and lawless lot, and caution 

 is necessary when using the camera. Another visit was paid on 

 the morning of June 5th to the gulleys in the cornfields when 

 nothing fresh was obtained, though it was not to be wondered at 

 considering the strength of the wind, which hardly permitted 

 the use of the net. This brought my entomological experiences 

 in Algeria to an end, except for the fact that as our boat was 

 moving away from the quay at Oran, our old friend pandora flew 

 from the gardens above and circled round us, which we accepted 

 as an omen of a satisfactory journey ; nor were we disappointed. 



Miss Fountaine's visit to Algeria in 1904, which I have already 

 referred to, extended from January till August, and she explored 

 districts between Biskra in the east and Sebdou in the west. 

 Several of the localities I have written about were included in 

 her itinerary, but she had the advantage of somewhat prolonged 

 collecting in the cedar forest at Teniet-el-Haad, which I did not 

 visit, and at La Glaciere, where I only spent a few sunless 

 hours. Nor was I able to travel in the interesting districts to 

 the east of the capital. She has recorded the occurrence of sixty 

 species of Khopalocera, as against the twenty-eight which I 

 captured during the fortnight I was in the country. No doubt 

 the weather is largely responsible for my small number of 

 records. To Miss Fountaine's list I can add Colias edusa var. 



