260 on the cypriote spiny mouse. [nov. 3, 



Castniad^, 

 Castnia d^dalus Oram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 1, A, B (1775). 



1 $. 



Pyralid^, 



Phycitinje, 



Elasmopalpus pyrrhocheellus Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 23 (1888); 



id. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 429, pi. xvii. f. 13. 



1 ?. 



Chrysaugin^. 



Saccopleura ? sp. 



1 cJ without palpi. 



Pyraustin^. 



Glyphodes flegia Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 66, pi. 140, D (1775). 



1 s. 



TlNEID^. 



1 S belonging to a genus allied to Tortricopsis Newm., from 

 Australia. 



Hepialid^. 



Dalaca metellus Druce, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 43. f. 2. 



3 S • Antennee bipectinate ; claspers asymmetrical, the right 

 clasper large, the left minute. 



Dalaca sladeni, sp. n. 



S . Antennje minutely serrate ; claspers symmetrical. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with brown. Fore 

 wing rufous, with numerous pale strife and reticulations, the 

 costal area, the medial area below the cell, and the area between 

 veins 3 and 6 suffused with dark brown ; the pale strise forming 

 an oblique irregularly sinuous line from costa before middle to 

 inner margin beyond middle, where it is met by a,n oblique slightly 

 waved line from costa before apex ; a curved whitish mark com- 

 posed of two small spots at origin of veins 5 and 6. Hind wing 

 red-brown, the costa chequered ochreous and dark brown. 



Hah. Central Brazil, Chapada {A. Robert), 1 <S type. Exp. 

 34 millim. 



5. Note on the Cypriote Spiny Mouse. By P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, M.A., D.Sc, Secretary o£ the Society. 



[Received September 10, 1903.] 



Early in the summer of 1903, Mr. Roland L. N. Michell, 

 British Commissioner at Limassol in Cyprus, wrote to me through 

 Sir A. K. Rollit, M.P., F.Z.S., respecting a large spiny mouse, 

 small numbers of which occurred among the rats sent in by the 

 villagers in connection with the protective measures against 

 pkgue. I asked him to send home skins and skulls, or, if possible, 

 living specimens. He very kindly brought home a number of 



