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9. Laothoe kindermanni, Lederer. 
One, 9, Ararat, Kurdistan, C. This specimen is of the typica 
race. Two(l ¢,1 2,) 16th November 1918, Basra, C., are subsp, orbata, Gr. 
which is lighter and more uniformly marked. The species is allied to L. 
acellatus of Europe. 
10. Macroglossa stellatarum, L. 
We have examined a number of specimens collected in September, October 
and November at Basra, Amara, Baghdad, Mirjana, Khaniqin, Kirkuk, and 
Kermanshah and two collected in April at Beit Na’ama, near Basra, W. E. E. 
“one, 18th November 1918, Mirjana, near Qizil Robat ; often comes into tents 
seeking hybernation ; ibid, 27th January 1919,” H. D. P. 
Hypside. 
11. Callimorpha quadripunctaria, Poda (=hera, L). 
13th July to 19th August 1918, Harir and Karind, W. Persia. “ In large 
numbers settled on leaves of trees a few feet from the ground, easy to catch ; 
August 10, abundant still but more females; 19th August nearly over,” 
BD. 2. 
Arctiide. 
12. Utetheisa pulchella, L. 
We have seen a large series collected in every month between 2nd May and 
Ist November from Nasiriyeh, Amara, Baghdad, Mirjana near Qizil Robat, 
Jebel Hamrin on the River Diyala, Kut, Kirkuk, and Assur. The moth is 
continuously on the wing throughout this period, and Buxton took two speci- 
mens freshly emerged at Amara on 23rd October. Peile found larve in dozens 
at Mirjana from December to February. 
13. Ocnogyna lewii, Zell. 
Five males taken at light between 11th December 1918 and 7th January 1919 
at Mirjana, H. D. P.: Like a small pale Arctia ; the 2 has rudimentary wings. 
14. Pelosia muscerda, Hufn. 
One, 31st May 1919, Enzeli, Caspian Sea, P. A. B. 
15. Pelosia uniformis, sp. nov. 
Lord Rothschild has been good enough to give us this description for insertion 
** Female uniform wood-brown. Forewing with three obsolete darker dots on 
veins 3, 4 and 7 respectively. Hindwings slightly paler. Length of forewing 
10 mm. Expanse 23 mm. 1 2, Enzeli, Caspian Sea, Ist June 1919, P. A. 
Buxton.” The type is in the Tring Museum. 
Lasiocampide. 
16. Lasiocampa grandis, Rogenh. (=salomonis, Stgr.) 
One male, 30 May 1917, Amara, C. This specimen agrees with the description 
and figure in Seitz’s Macrolepidoptera of the world. L. grandis is already known 
from Palestine, and there appears very little doubt that this specimen belongs 
to that species, but we have been unable to compare it with actual specimens. 
17. Lasiocampa terreni, H. Sch. 
One male, 23rd October 1919, Mosul, H.D.P. This specimen appears to be 
referable to the above species but is more silvery over the whole upper 
surface except the fringes, than the only specimen in the British Museum, a 
male from Transcaucasia. 
18. Chilena proxima, Stgr. 
One male “probably from Kut”, B. N. H. S.; one male, 12 May 1918. 
Baghdad, at light. (W. E. Waller). 
19. Taragama siva, Lef. 
First brood : male bred 27th April 1918 Amara, W. E. E. ; female. 28th April 
1918, Amara, at light, P. A. B. Second brood: male, 27th September 1916, 
Amara,B. T ; male on poplar tree, 4th October 1918, W. E. E.; 1 gd, 1 2, 16th 
November 1918, Basra, C. The larva feeds on the common shrub (Prosopis) 
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