300 [May, , 
Pohjommatus Phloeas (L.) — Very abundant ; February and March. 
Lyeoena Argiohis (L.) — Common; March, 
Vanessa Atalanta (L.) — Very abundant, 
„ ca/rdui (L.) — Ditto. 
Pai-arga Egeria (L.)— Of the typical form of this species I did not observe a single 
specimen, but the var. Meone (Hb.) was excessively abundant during the whole 
time of my stay in Afiica, and of this variety I secured a fine series, 
Ccenonympha arcanoides (Pierrot). — Not uncommon in the hills in the neighbour- 
hood of Cape Spartel; March and April. 
Spilotliyrus malvariim (111.) — I met with a few examples of the var. australis (Zell,) 
early in February in the village of Marshen, near Tangier. 
Heteeocera. 
Sphinges. 
Deilephila Livornica (Esp.) — Several specimens, in fine condition. This insect 
seemed especially to afi"ect the flowers of the various kinds of lupin with 
which the hills in the neighbourhood of Tangier are clothed during the month 
of March. Is this species usually double -brooded ? I observe many notices 
of its capture in England last season, most of which are recorded in August. 
Macroglossa stellatarum (L.) — Common. 
BOMBYCES. 
The only example of this family which I obtained was a large insect, apparently 
of the genus Bombyx, to which I cannot at present assign a cognomen. Should it 
prove to be a new species, it may form the subject of a further communication to 
the E. M. M. I met wiih several colonies of a processionary caterpillar, I presume 
of the genus Cnetho cam/pa, on the plain of Had-el-Gharbeea, 30 miles S. of Tan- 
gier, but, unfortunately, I had no opportunity of rearing them to the imago state. 
NOCTU^. 
Agrotis ravida (W.T.) — One specimen ; February. 
„ pronuha (L.) — Common at light. 
„ Puta (Hb.) — One specimen at light; March. 
Hypena lividalis (Hb.) — One specimen; March. 
,, ohsitalis (Eh.) — Several specimens ; March. 
GEOMETRiE. 
Acidalia incanaria (Hb.) — I met with one specimen of the var. (?) calcearia (Zell.) 
in April. 
Eu^ithecia pumilata (Hb.) — Common ; early in April, 
Crambina, 
Botys ferrugalis (Hb.) — Abundant ; March, 
Nemophila nnctuella (W,V,) \_hybridalis Hb.] — Abundant. — TBOVEi Blackmoke, 
The Hollies, Wandsworth, S.W. 
[TiNEINA. 
The following species, collected at Tangier, in March, have been kindly handed to 
me by Mr. Blackmore : — 
Tinea pellionella, L. 
Micropteryx imperfectella, Staudinger, Stett. E. Z. 1859, p, 236, H. — S., N. Schm., f. 
113. Of this pretty little species I did not previously possess a specimen. 
Dr. Staudinger met with it in the 8. of Spain, in May. 
