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15. (1428) Agdistis (Herbertia Tutt) tamariois Z. 



Adactyla tamaricis Z. Isis 1847. 899 no. 438 • 1 \ Agdistis tama- 

 ricis Z. Lin. Ent. VI. 325-6 no. 7 (1852) = ; Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 XXII. 106 (1885) ' ; B-Bkr. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894. 50.^; Bbl. 

 Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 115 (1896)': XIII. 376, 380 no. 162 

 (1898)*=: XXI. 43 no. 182 (1906)' : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 

 78 no. 1428 (1901) ^ Herbertia tamaricis Chpm. & Tutt Br. Lp. 

 V. 129-30, 132, 135, 253 (1906) \ Agdistis tamaricis Wlsm. Ent. 

 Bee. XIX. 54, 55 (1907)^". 



Hab. S. EUROPE ^--'^ WC. ASIA^ AFRICA— Egypt : 

 Alexandria"* — Algeria": Biskra, Hammain-es-tSalahin, 6. Ill 

 - 28. lY. 1903, 3. lY. 1904, © Tamarix, 9. Ill, excl. 10. lY. 1904 

 (TF^sm.). Canaries""^ — TE^^ERIFE : Santa Cruz, 30. lY. 1898 

 {HintzY; © Tamarix gallica, 14. I, excl. 27. II - 8. lY. 1907, 

 © 24. Y, excl. 13-15. YI. 1907 (Wlsm.). Cape de Verdes : St. 

 Yincent^' ''-'•". 



Abundant in many parts of the Island, and no doubt thus 

 widely distributed owing to the prevailing custom of planting 

 Tamarix along the sides of the main i-oads so far as these extend. 

 Preserved larvae compared with European and Algerian speci- 

 mens show a curious modification in form, the tuberculous excres- 

 cences on the prothorax and mesothorax, and on the second, fifth, 

 and ninth abdominal somites, although similarly placed, are dis- 

 tinctly exaggerated, being at least one-third longer than in 

 European specimens, a peculiarity in which they are at least closely 

 appi'oached by larvae from Algeria. I am unable to find any 

 difference in the imago. 



16. (1430) Agdistis (Adactylus Crt.) staticis Mill. 



Agdistis staticis Mill. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLIY. (5 s. Y : 1875). 

 p. clxvii (1875)^: Cat. Lp. Alp-Mar. 375-6. PI. 2 • 4-8 (1875)-^ : 

 Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXYII. 141 (1891) ^ Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. 

 Pal. 11. 78 no. 1430 (1901) '. Adactylus staticis Chpm. & Tutt 

 Br. Lp. Y. 128-30(1906)'. Agdistis staticis YHsm. Ent. Rec. 

 XIX. 53-4(1907)". 



Hab. S. France ^'" : He Ste Marguerite ^'' ; Bsaulieu '^ ; © Sta- 

 tice cordata, III, excl. 15. Y. 1890 '; © Y, excl. YIII '"-. Alge- 

 ria '' : Ain-Oumash '\ Biskra ", Hammam-es-Salahin ", © Staiice 

 limonium % 2. Ill - 5. lY, excl. 28. lY. 1903, 23. Ill - 13. YI. 

 1906 (Wlsm.). Canaries — Tenerife : Puerto Orotava, @Statice 

 pectinata, 8. Y, excl. 29. Y - 13. YI. 1907 {Wlsm.). 



The moths bi-ed at Puerto Orotava from larvae on Statice pecti- 

 nata are of a distinctly darker shade than those from Cannes and 

 Biskra, but perhaps this may be partially due to fading in the 

 older specimens ; the lai'vae are similar. 



The larvae of lerinensis Mill, could not be found among those 

 of staticis as they were at Cannes and Biskra. 



