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CiUx spinula and Notodonta trepida w KircudbrightsJiwe. — In his interesting 

 list of Rosshire Lepidoptera, Dr. F. BuchanEui White mentions Platypteryx lacertula 

 andfalmda as the only two Scottish Drepanuloe. There are, however, at least 

 thi*ee, as CiUx spinula is found in Kircudbrightshire. I found, under oak, last 

 autumn, two pupae of Notodonta trepida in the same county, one of which emerged 

 on the 3rd April. — W. Douglas RojiiNSON, Edinburgh, 5th April, 1869. 



Lepidoptera captured in Morocco. — During the spring of the year 1868, I 

 resided for two months (February, March, and beginning of April) in Tangier 

 (Morocco) ; and although the state of my health did not permit me to devote much 

 time or energy to entomological pursuits, still I made a point of capturing such 

 insects of all orders as happened to fall in my way ; and thinking that a list of the 

 Lepidoptera thus secured may not prove uninteresting to the readers of the Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine, I have much pleasure in contributing the following, 

 in which I have adopted the arrangement and nomenclature of Staudinger and 

 Wocke's " Catalog der Lepidopteren Europa's und der angrenzenden Lander, 1861." 



Rhopalocera. 



Papilio Podalirius. — One specimen of the var. FeisthoAnelii (Dup.), taken in a 



deserted garden near Tangier beginning of April. 

 Thais rumina (L.) — Of the typical form of this beautiful species I met with but 

 two examples. The variety Medesicaste (111.) was common during the month 

 of March in lanes in which the food-plants of the larva, the Aristolochioe, were 

 growing profusely, and I captured several fine and unusually large specimens. 

 Fieris hrassicce (L.) — Yery abundant both in the larva and imago state. 

 „ rapce (L.) — Abundant. 

 „ napi (L.) — Not common. 



„ Daplidice (L.)— I saw, but did not capture, several specimens of a Pieris, 

 which I imagine must have been this species, early in February. 

 Anthocharis Belemia. — The var. Glance (Hb.) not uncommon on waste land end of 

 March. 



Anthocharis Douei (Pierret). — The <? occurred frequently throughout the months of 

 February and March. The ? was very scarce, and I only obtained three 

 specimens. Mr. A. G. Butler has pointed out to me that this species is the 

 true Anthocha/ris Evpheno of Linnaeus, whose typical specimens were captured 

 in Barbary, and whose description answers exactly to Pierret's Douei, and to 

 the specimens the occurrence of which I now record. A new name must 

 now be assigned to the very distinct South European species which has hitherto 

 represented A. Eupheno (L.) in our collections, and the name Douei (Piex-ret) 

 must sink into a synonym for Anthocharis Eupheno (Linn.). (Vide ante p. 271). 

 It is extremely probable that both species occur on the European continent. 



CoUas Edusa (Fab.) — Common at the end of February on the Dar-al-Clow, a range 

 of hills lying some twenty miles S.W. of Tangier. A few specimens taken 

 close to Tangier a month later. 



Bhodocera rhamni (L.) — Common in February. 

 „ Cleopatra (L.) — Ditto ditto. 



Thecla ruhi (L.)— Abundant ; March. 



Thestor Ballus (Fab.) — Common in the beginning of March; its favourite habitat 

 being rubbish-heaps near the town. 



