Hagen.] 254 [Feb. 3, 



Nemoptera lusitanica King, Panorp., p. 93, no. 3. Burm. Hdb., 



ii, 987, no 6. 

 Nemoptera lnsitanica Kamb., Nenr., p. 332, no. 1, Faun. Ancla- 



lus., ii, pi. 9, f. 1. 



I have before me more than a dozen specimens of both sexes 

 from Portugal, Spain, Andalusia and Granada. It is also men- 

 tioned from Gibraltar and France. My specimens from Portugal 

 from the collection of Charpentier^are from Count Hoffmansegg, 

 as well as the type described by Leach. 



The specimens before me differ largely in size and color. 

 Long. al. ant. $ 22-30mm. ; 9 22-27mm. ; al. post. $ 41-51 

 mm. ; 9 37-50mm. Lat. al. ant. 10-15mm. The color varies 

 from deep yellow to nearly white. I can not now compare 

 Ahrens' Fauna, as I do not know of a copy here ; but Illiger's 

 specimens are also from Count Hoffmansegg, and N. bipennis is 

 three years older than Leach's name. The note in the Jahresbe- 

 richt for 1884, p. 302, by Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent., 1883, Bull., p. 

 116, that N. lusitanica is also found in Syria, is an error. Rambur 

 has never given Asia Minor as patria as stated by Mr. Lucas. 



5. Nemoptera Ledereri De Selys. 



I have before me 4 $ 1 9 from Mr. Lederer, 1865, from Bodz 

 Dagh, fifteen miles south from Smyrna, and a pair from Tultscha, 

 Bulgaria, collected by Mr. Mann, 1865. The first are surely 

 identical with the types of De Selys, which are from the same 

 locality and collector. The pair from Tultscha is an addition of 

 a species to the European fauna ; it was given to me by Professor 

 Zeller. 



N. Ledereri is described, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, 1866, x, 254, 

 pi. 2, f. 1. The figure represents a male of natural size. I have 

 a strong suspicion that Savigny's f. 13, Descr. Egypte, Neur., pi. 

 2, represents a male of N. Ledereri. It is true that Mr. Andouin, 

 Expl. somm., p. 164, says, nos. 13 and 14 represent, without 

 doubt, the same species, and that both are quoted by Rambur as 

 N. Olivieri. But I think this view cannot be accepted if we com- 

 pare carefully Savigny's manner of lettering his figures. He has 

 nos. 13 and 14 lettered both with an additional 1 to show that 

 both do not belong to the same species. He has the head lettered 

 in brackets 14.2 and the tarsus 14.3 to show that they belong to 

 no. 14, which is a female of Brachystoma Olivieri. So all the 



