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Ccenonympha pamplidus. Not seen in abundance anywhere. — C. 

 satijrion. Kandersteg, very plentiful; Gemmi Pass, Loeche-les-Bains, 

 Riffel Alp. At the latter locality I obtained specimens of var. darwiniana, 

 which is intermediate between this and the following species. — G. arcania. 

 Chaumont, near Neuchatel. 



Hespertd^ (13 species). 



Spilothyrus alcem. One] specimen near Miihlenen. — S. lavatera. A 

 few specimens at Randa, St. Niklaus, Aigle, and Le Sepey. 



Syrichthus carlhami. Inden, St. Niklaus. — S. fritillum. Gemmi 

 Pass. — S. alveus. Gemmi Pass, Riffel Alp, Riffel Berg, abundant; Zuiutt- 

 Thal, Randa. — S. cacillce. Rifiel Alp. — S. sao. Single specimens at Inden 

 and Randa. 



Nisoniades tages. Kandersteg. 



Hesperia thaumas. Miihlenen, Kandersteg, Randa, abundant ; Aigle, 

 Le Sepey. — H. lineula. Zmutt-Thal, Randa, plentiful. — H. sylvanus. 

 Not uncommon in many localities. — H. comma. Riffel Alp. 



Carterocephalus palamon. Kandersteg and Inden. 



Birmingham, Dec. 8th, 1895. 



NOTE ON DIADEMA MISIPPUS IN TENERIFE. 

 By Sidney Crompton, F.E.S. 



I HAVE to announce an extremely interesting capture in this 

 island, i.e., of Diadema misippus, male. 



It is well known to entomologists that the female D. misippus 

 accompanies Danais chrysippus throughout its geographical range, 

 with the exception, I believe, of the European shore of the 

 Mediterranean. Z). misippus has even followed D, chrysippus to 

 outlying oceanic islands, both the butterflies being found at St. 

 Helena, at Bourbon, and at Mauritius; but until now it has never 

 been caught in Tenerife, or any other part of the Canarian 

 archipelago, though D, chrysippus abounds in these islands. 



The history of its appearance and capture here is as follows : 

 About a month ago I had occasion to visit Puerto Orotava (the 

 well-known fashionable health resort in this island) on business, 

 and I stayed as usual at the Taoro Plotel. The hall porter (Mr. 

 Booker, by name), knowing that I am an ardent entomologist, 

 asked me if I had seen " the new butterfly," to which, of course, 

 I replied " No." He then told me that he had seen a butterfly 

 flying about the hotel garden, entirely different from any other 

 butterfly he had ever seen here before — " very large, black, with 

 white spots." Brother entomologists, imagine the state of excite- 

 ment I was thrown into by this announcement, — I who had been 

 diligently collecting Lepidoptera in these islands for four years, 

 to hear of this addition to the fauna ! 



Mr. Booker had not only seen it, but had actually caught it one 

 day while fluttering about the hotel steps ; he had it under his 



