SESIA STELLATARUM. 35 



of Europe (except the northernmost part, above 65 N. lat.), northern Africa, and 

 Central Asia to Japan. Southward it reaches to 30 N. lat. (southern Japan — northern 

 India), and in Africa below 30 (Canary Islands, which appear to form the most westerly 

 point of its occurrence). The polar limits are marked by Scotland, Sweden, 

 Finland, and the Amur district. The commonness of its occurrence in the northern 

 parts of the region fluctuates considerably, but its rare occurrence in the Amur district 

 is remarkable, since it is noted as occurring very commonly in Japan. Bartel states that 

 " into .North America M. stellatarum has been accidentally introduced by shipping.* " 

 Limit of elevation 8ooo r t. (Bartel). Africa: Azores (Godman), Madeira (Baker), 

 Canaries (White), Tangier (Meade-Waldo), Teueriffe (Christ), Orotava (Alpheraky), 

 Algeria, distributed throughout and not rare (Lucas), Collo, nearly all summer 

 and throughout the autumn (Seriziat). Asia : Asia Minor, the commonest lepidop- 

 teron (Zeller), Ayas Bay, Cyprus (Fletcher), Samsun, Amasia, Tokat, Diarbeker 

 (Lederer), April at Asterabad and Tschehar-deh (Bienert), Palestine — Jerusalem, 

 abundant (Swinton). northwest Asia Minor — Brussa, Olympus, the whole 

 summer very abundant, Lydia - Maghnisa, Smyrna. Aidin ; Cilician Taurus 

 — Mersina, from the middle of February ; The Taurus — Dorak, Gulek 

 (Rober), Syria — Haifa, Angora ; northeast Asia Minor, everywhere ; northern 

 Persia — Schahrud, Astrabad, &c, everywhere common; Transcaspian pro- 

 vinces — Kisjl-arwat, Krasnowodsk, Mangyschlak peninsula (teste Bartel) ; 

 Central Asia — Saisan, Lepsa (Staudinger), Kouldja district, to 3500ft., rare (Alp- 

 heraky), Achalzik (Christoph), Amurland — Wladiwostok, very rare, Sutschan, rare 

 (Staudinger) ; Persia— Irak, swarms (Young), Askold(Oberthur), Govt. Tobolsk, Ural, 

 and Turgai provinces ; Turkestan - Thian-Shan, Pamirs, from end of February, up to 

 8000ft., but not common (Erschoff), Akmolinsk, Semipalatinsk provinces, Govt. 

 Tomsk ; Afghanistan — Kandahar, November — February, very abundant ; Korea — 

 Pung-Tung (teste Bartel) ; China — near Pekin (Bremer and Grey), Chifu, Wei-hai- 

 wei, Leu-kung-tao, very common (Fletcher) ; Japan — general, Yokohama, common, 

 Oiwake (Pryer), Nagahama, Nikko, Hakodate, Nemoro, Foochau (Leech; ; north- 

 west India — Quetta ; Central India — Saugor (Alexander). Austro-Hungary : 

 throughout the Tyrol -Botzen, Mendelpass, Toblach, Cortina, &c. (Tutt), Ortler 

 Alps, Trient (Bartel), everywhere in the Brenner district, up to 8490ft. 

 (Galvagni), Lavantthal (Homer), Upper Styria — S. Lambrecht (Kodermann), 

 Upper Austria— everywhere, Postlingberg, Linz, Sec (Himsl), Lower Austria — 

 Schneeberg, Vienna, Moravia — Mahrisch-Triibau, Briinn, Ungarisch-Brod, Transsvl- 

 vania, Nosag, Kaschau, Rosenau, Neusohl, Zsadany, Bugganz, Raab, Oedenburg, 

 Budapest, Debreczen, Grosswardein, Funfkirchen, Mehadia, Orsova, Slavonia, 

 Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia — Dervent (teste Bartel), Dalmatia — Island of Lissa, Great 

 Pelagosa, Little Pelagosa ; Bukovina, everywhere common (Hormuzaki), Pressburg 

 (Rozsay), Bohemia — Carlsbad, Prague (Nickerl), Galicia, everywhere, but sparingly, 

 in untold numbers, however, in the forest-region at Dora in August, 1886 — 

 Ternow, Lemberg, Brody (Garbowski), Neu Sandec (Klemensiewicz), Stauislawow 

 (Werchratski), Briinn (Schneider), Raibl (Zeller), Taufers, Innsbruck (Weiler), 

 Hermannstadt (Czekelius), Epiries, common (Husz), Hungary (Vangel), Bresztova, 

 Kikulahegy, Drietoma, Kocsocz, everywhere common, Golnitz (Hudak), Glockner, 

 Fiume (Mann), Upper Carinthia, Salzburg, everywhere (Nickerl). Belgium: through- 

 out (Lambillion), Frameries, common, Hasselt, Bomel, Jambes (Derenne), Gembloux 

 (Poskin), Namur, common (Colignon), Rochefort (Carlier). Bulgaria: Sofia and 

 district (Bachmetjew). Channel Islands : Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, common 

 (Luff), Jersey, very abundant (Kaye), St. Ouen's Bay (Walker). Corsica : 

 abundant (Marshall). Denmark: distributed, not rare, sometimes in consider- 

 able numbers (Bang -Haas). Finland: Abo, Nyland, Karelia (Lampa). 

 France: throughout (Berce), French Pyrenees (Oberthur), Hautes-Pyrenees — 

 Argeles. abundant (Distant), Paris (Reaumur), Cannes, the Esterels, Monaco, Nimes, 

 Avignon, Digne, Larche, throughout Savoy — Aix-les-Bains, Chambery, Chavoire, 

 Annecy, Chamonix, Moutiers, St. Pierre dAlbigny, St. Michel-de-Maurienne, 

 Bourg St. Maurice, Little St. Bernard, to over 7000ft. —Grenoble, the Arc 

 Valley, Fountainebleau s &c. (Tutt), Aube (Jourdheuille), Calvados (Fauvel), 

 Douai (Foucart), Berry and Auvergne (Sand), Eure-et-Loir, very common 

 (Guenee), Haute -Garonne, everywhere, also common at a high elevation (Caradja^ 

 Puy de Dome (Guillemot), Var (Cantener), Morbihan (Griffith), Gironde (Trimoulet) 

 Doubs (Bruand), Aude, common (Mabille), Loire-Inferieure, very common (Bon- 

 jour), Saone-et-Loire (Constant), Seine-Inferieure, very common (Viret), Indre, 

 extremely common (Martin), St. Quentin (Dubus), Deux-Sevres (Maillard), Sarthe 



* One would like to know Bartel's evidence on which it is concluded that Sesia 

 stellatarum has been introduced into America by shipping. 



