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ALGERIA 
Gonepteryx cleopatra , Euchloe belemia , Pymmeis cardui, Pararge 
meone, and Coenonympha pamphilus , as well as Macroglossa stellatarum , 
a very common Moth in Algeria. 
The two Cetoniids, Tropinota hirtella and Oxythyrea stictica, were 
obtained on flowers. The common Polistes gallicus, Apis mellifica , 
Xylocopa molacea, Dielis ciliata and Andrena flavipes, were accom¬ 
panied by the less common Eucera numida, a female, E. longicornis, 
Scop, (a British species), a male, and Podalirius atro-albus, Lepel. Of 
Acridium aegyptiacurn , I took a pair; the female had but one hind-leg 
when caught. 
On March 31st I saw in a public garden at Blidah two specimens 
of Grapta sp., but had no net with me; on the following afternoon, at 
about the same hour, I went again in search of them, but it was cloudy 
and they were not to be found. It is interesting that Mr. H. J. 
Elwes, F.R.S., commenting upon Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo’s state¬ 
ment that he had seen Grapta C-album, Linn., high upon Tizi Gourza 
in Morocco, stated, “I am not aware that this has been taken in North 
Africa before.” 1 
Mustapha. 
April 1st—3rd. 
A number of moths came to the hotel lights:— Cucullia chamo- 
millae , one ; Agrotis put a, seven ; Cirphis albipuncta , three; Hadena 
oleracea, Linn., one; Xylophasia solieri , Boisd., one; Chloridea 
(Heliothis) peltigera, Schiff., one ; Eupithecia centaur eata, Eabr., one; 
and the pretty little Phtheochroa rugosana, Hiibn., one. 
Guyotville. 
April 3rd. 
My visit earlier in the year had impressed me so favourably that 
I decided to spend my last day in Algeria on the dunes. Naturally 
on my second visit insect life was more obvious and more varied, and 
it seems probable that even later in the season still better results 
would be obtained. The wild area is, however, not what it once was, 
having been greatly reduced by cultivation, and at the time of my 
visit the process of “ improvement ” was still in full swing. 
The Butterflies were somewhat disappointing. A big Papilio 
podalirius failed to produce the thrill of excitement that it once did. 
1 Trans , E^t, Soc ., Lond 1905, p. 378. 
