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per collum, were noticed flying close to the surface of the water of the 

 canal. Presently they, or at all events the female, alighted upon 

 a tangle of floating grass and sphagnum moss, and, having been 

 liberated by her partner, she deliberately entered the water, and disap- 

 peared from view. The male, presumably for the purpose of assisting 

 the female from the water upon her return to the surface, continued 

 to hover over the site ; he was taken, and the species determined 

 as K. cyathigerum. In tbe space of two or three minutes after 

 disappearance, the female was again seen clinging to the under side of 

 the floating vegetable matter. She then quickly climbed up to the 

 upper side, and seemingly prepared herself for flight. The grass was 

 drawn to the bank and the insect secured ; she dried off very rapidly, 

 and appeared to be none the worse for her adventure. The impression 

 conveyed by her movements in the water was that during the period 

 of immersion she had descended to a considerable depth. — F. W. & H. 

 Campion ; 33, Maude Terrace, Walthamstow, Essex. 



Short List of Lepidoptera collected near Gibraltar in March 

 and April, 1907. — I am sending this list in the hope that it may be of 

 use to readers of the ' Entomologist ' stationed in the Army or Navy, 

 at Gibraltar: — Papiiio podalirius and P. tnachaon, common in the hills 

 round the Cork Wood ; Thais rumina, common in the Cork Wood ; 

 T. polyxena, several in the Cork Wood ; Aporia cratagi, one specimen 

 in the Cork Wood ; Pieris brassicee, P. rapes, and P. napi, common ; 

 Pontia daplidice, Leucophasia sinajris and g. v. lathyri, Euchloe 

 euphenoides, and Colias edusa, common in the Cork Wood ; Gonepteryx 

 rhamni, several in the Cork Wood ; G. cleopatra, abundant in the Cork 

 Wood and on the Eock ; Pxjrameis cardui and Vanessa unices, not 

 common ; V. antiopa, one, in the Cork Wood ; Melitcsa didyma, two, 

 in the Cork Wood ; Melanargia lachesis, one male, Benaogan ; 

 M. syllius, one male, Gaucin ; Erebia tyndarus, two males, Queen of 

 Spain's Chair ; Satyrus circe, one near Banaocaz, about 3000 feet 

 elevation ; S. briseis, one, Campamento Plain, several at Gaucin ; 

 8. arethusa, one male, in the Cork Wood ; S. statilinus, several in the 

 Cork Wood ; Pararge megesra, Epinephele ianira, and E. hyperanthus, 

 very common ; Thecla rubi, abundant in the woods near Gaucin ; 

 T. spini, one, in the woods near Gaucin ; Thestor ballus, one, in the 

 Cork Wood ; Chrysophanus virgaurea, fairly numerous ; C. phlceas, very 

 common ; Lampides baticus, Lycesna icarus, L. hylas (baton), and 

 L. orion (battus), common in parts of the Cork Wood ; DeilephUa 

 euphorbia, one, blown on board, from Gibraltar ; Chesrocampa celerio, 

 one, at arc lamp in Gibraltar Dockyard ; Daphnis nerii, one, near the 

 Signal Station, Gibraltar ; Macroglossa stellatarum, very common ; 

 Zygesna sarpedon, one, Benaogan; Aglaope pruni, several on hills round 

 Gaucin ; Lithosia lutarella, two, in the Cork Wood; Arctia hebe, one, 

 Benaogan ; A. caia, common ; Oreopsyche atra (plumifera), one, in the 

 woods near Gaucin ; Saturnia pyri, a few larvte near Gaucin ; 

 Cnethocampa processionea, larvae numerous in second pine wood ; 

 Cerura vinula, one, at lamp, on board, in Gibraltar ; Uropus ulmi, at 

 arc lamp, in Gibraltar Dockyard ; Agrotis c-nigrum, several, at arc 

 lamp, in Gibraltar Dockyard ; Deiopeia pulchella, several, near 

 Benaocaz, about 2500 feet elevation. — F. W. Sowerby, R.N., H.M.S. 

 ' Russell,' Atlantic Fleet, July 7th, 1907. 



