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which is generally called acacia; and its colour makes it exceedingly 
difficult of detection even when a number of larve are resting on a bush 
which they have rendered almost leafless ; the general colour of the larva is 
a warm purplish brown, and it flattens itself over the surface of the’stem in 
the manner of its relative the Lappet Moth (Gastropacha) in Great Britain. 
Lymantriide (Liparide). 
20. Lymantria dispar, L. 
2 3, 13th July 1918, Harir, W. Persia, H. D. P. 
21. Ocnerogyia amanda, Stgr. 
35,1 2, 28th July 1918, Ba’qubah, River Diyala, P. A. B. This moth 
though almost unknown in collections is a serious pest of figs in Mesopotamia ; 
it completely defoliates the trees, and has been received from various parts 
of the Diyala basin and from Kerbela ; it was originally described from Mardin 
in the extreme north of Mesopotamia. Notes on its ravages, life history and 
structure have been published by one of us in Bull. Ent. Res. XI. p. 181—186. 
(1920). 
22. Ocneria signatoria, Christoph, subsp. penitens, Stgr. 
1 2, Baghdad, 9th October. 11 2, Aziziyeh, River Tigris, 14th October 
1917, at light, P. A. B. 
23. Arctornis (Porthesia) chrysorrhaa, L. 
One female, 29th June 1919, Enzeli, P. A. B. 
Notodontide (Ceruride). 
24, Dicranura vinula, L., subsp. intermedia, Teich. 
1 2, Ararat, Kurdistan, C; 1 9, 24th September 1918, Qalat Saleh, River 
Tigris, P. A. B. In the British Museum there is a female from Quetta, and 
a male from Fao, very like these specimens, but there are no specimens from 
Syria. This form is possibly a species distinct from D. vinula. 
Zygenide. 
25. Zygena dorycnii, O. 
Half a dozen specimens of both sexes from Tula Rud, Persian Talish, 3-8th 
July 1919. The species was fairly common flying over grass and settling on 
flowers of chicory, close to the shore of the Caspian, P. A. B. 
26. Procris solana, Stgr. 
1 3, 30th March 1919, Menjil, valley of Sufed Rud, N. W. Persia, alt. 2,000 
ft.-(PcACB.) 
27. Procris micane, Frr. 
1 3, 28th March 1919, Menjil. P. A. B. It is curious that the only two 
“* foresters ’’ taken at the same time and place represent quite different species ; 
these were the only ones seen though a special effort was made to find more. 
Cosside. 
28. Cossus araraticus, Teich. 
1 3, 29th May 1919, Enzeli, P. A. B. 
29. Holcocerus gloriosus, Stgr., subsp., mesopotamicus, n. subsp. 
2 5,3 2, 28th June 1918, Kut; Br. 5 2, 30th May to 28th June 1918, Amara, 
P. A.B. It appears that the Mesopotamian race of this insect is undescribed, 
and as we have been able to compare the above specimens with 9 specimens 
from Bokhara, the terra typica, we feel justified in describing the race as new : 
it differs from the typical form in that all the spots on the forewing are enlarged 
into blotches, with the exception of the spots at the base of the fringe. The 
type is a female collected at Kut by Major Broughton, and has been presented 
to the British Museum by the B. N. H. 8. 
