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Cockroach, Loboptera (?) decipiens, Germ., and the Grasshopper, 1 
Acridium aegyptiaeum , which flew from tree to tree. Very few 
Beetles turned up; Copris hispanus , Linn., a female; Geotrupes 
hypocrita, Serv.; Asida elevata, Chev.; and Scaurus atratus , Fabr., 
the last two found under stones together with two larvae of a 
Lampyris 2 
Here for the first time in Algeria I came across Tortoises ; two 
specimens measured 4| and inches respectively. Here also I 
found a small Crab under a stone near a stream, but over 30 miles 
from the sea. 
During the beautiful drive from Setif to Bougie through the 
mountains of Kabylia, by way of the Gorge de Chabet, I saw but few 
insects. In the higher parts of the road, 1800—2700 ft., I netted 
Pyrameis cardui , and a couple of Vanessa polychloros. In the dismal 
gorge itself the flowers of a shrub of Laurustinus ( Viburnum tinus, 
Linn.), apparently wild, attracted several Cyaniris argiolus , Linn., as 
well as the Drone-fly, Eristalis tenax. At Bosemary I was disappointed 
in seeing nothing but Honey-bees. 
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Strange; at this point I laid aside my pen and took up that 
delightful book, “The Household of Sir Thomas More,” where 
presently I came across this passage: “As for Kofemarie, I lett it 
run alle over my Garden Walls, not onlie because my Bees love it, 
but becaufe ’tis the Herb facred to Bemembrance. . . .” 
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Below the gorge, at about 500 ft. above sea-level, there were 
more insects, but no great variety; Oolias edusa, males only; Ooeno- 
nympha pamphilus; Coccinella 7 -punctata; Aphodius prodromus, 
Brahm.; a stylopized Andrena sp.; a Tipulid fly, Pachyrrhina sp.; 
Bombylius variabilis , Loew, and the Ant Aphaenog aster barbara. 
Hear Cape Okas insects were more numerous. Goneyteryx cleo- 
patra was fairly abundant, and a couple of G. rhamni were netted; 
the only other butterflies were a pair of Ganoris rapae , and a solitary 
Pararge aegeria , var. meone. This last was twice seen to settle with 
its wings up and tail to the sun; it was thus very inconspicuous, 
casting no shadow. A specimen of Acridium aegyptiacum was 
secured, not always an easy matter. 
1 This large grasshopper would certainly by most travellers be called a “ Locust ” ; 
so with the typical migratory locusts, Schistocerca peregrina and Acridium parda- 
linum , but, by a most unhappy confusion of nomenclature, none of them are 
Locustidae , but all belong to the Acridiidae. 
2 This is not L. noctiluca , Linn., but there are unnamed specimens of the same 
larva in the British Museum. 
