1880.] MR. BUTLER ON CANDAHAR LEPIDOPTERA. 403 



36. Myrmecophaga jubata, Linn. 

 One specimen from Sarayacu . 



3/. TaMANDUA LONGICAUDATA, Wao^n. 



One specimen, Sarayacu. 



38. Cyclothurus didactylus, Linn. 



Four specimens from Sarayacu, and one from Balzar. 



39. DiDELPHYS DERBIANA. 



^idfphys derbiana, Waterh. Naturalist's Libr. xi. p 97 nl 9 

 Didelphys ornata, Tschudi. Fauna Peruana, p. 146, pi 7 " "" 

 A male from Sarayacu, and a male and female from Balzar. 

 S.i, ^^Jzar specimens are of a very pale reddish colour, while the 



40. Didelphys cinerea, Temm. 

 A male and female from Sarayacu. 



41. Didelphys MURiNA, Linn. 

 One specimen from. Balzar, 



7. On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Candahar By 

 Akthxxr G^ Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Assistant Keeper 

 Zoological Department, British Museum. 



[Eeceived April 20, 1880.] 



(Plate XXXIX.) 



The very interesting little series of Lepidoptera which forms the 



afSel , ?""r P-ir"""i^°"^^'^' '^ ^'^j- Howland Robert 

 fL ,; T ' ^ ^™f /'H^ge only about six miles from Candahar, on 



SrfhprT ^'.1 f T^ "I made no observation after the 2nd July, 



further than that I saw two species of Macrofflossa, viz. stellatarum 

 or one nearly allied, and one considerably lar^^er *f^««?«'-«'» 



-After the beginning of April no rain fell"^ and when I arrived at 

 Rokeran about the end of April the country was dried up, except 



barrnrifs T^' T f'' ""l^ ' ^^" "'^^^^ spots^'in th'e 

 barren hills. Ihe only plants that were green in these hills 



during the summer months were chiefly milky plants uch as 

 Euphorbm, and a few other stunted ones, but no trees ■ conse- 

 quently insects were comparatively rare. ' 



the'rtl?^ II'' "^'^ ^""l" °^ ^^' .""'' ^"'■^ '^^^'^ """^^« running into 

 the river; these were kept moist from a small canal running above 

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