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hand two Stilbum splendidum, Fabr., of the blue form, amethystinum , 
while Myrmecocystus viaticus was rushing about at my feet. 
During my very short stay under the shadow of the Pyramid, 
I saw but two species of Butterflies and two of Moths. Several 
Pyrameis cardui , Linn., and a couple of very dark but otherwise 
typical Eanaida chrysippus, Linn., were observed in the hotel garden. 
CirpJiis loreyi , Dup., a great rarity in Britain, came to light, and the 
pretty Crambid Eromene oeellea , Haw., another British rarity, was 
found by Mrs. Longstaff in our utting-room and also seen by myself 
on the desert. 
A voyage up the Mle in one of Cook’s luxurious steamers does 
not give the entomologist much scope, especially as, rightly enough, 
almost every moment on shore is devoted to the all too hurried study 
of the wondrous ruins which make Egypt unique among countries. 
January 5th. At Sakkara, near the tomb of Ptah-hetep, Pimelia 
angulata was found crawling on the sand. 
At Badrashen (lat. 29° 48' 1ST.), a number of Moths visited the 
glow-lights of the “ Bameses the Great 51 : Agrotis ypsilon , Both 1 
( suffusa , Eabr.); Euxoa spinifera , Hubn.; the Boarmiid, Tephrina 
disputaria , Guen,, and abundance of Eromene oeellea, certainly the 
commonest moth of the Mle valley. 
January 8th. The thermometer on deck at 8 a.m. was as low as 
50° F., but it was much warmer when we reached Asyut (lat. 27° 
12' M) where about a dozen worn and broken specimens of Eanaida 
chrysippus were seen, all appeared to be typical Several Stilbum 
splendidum glistened in the sun, and the Bee Eucera nigrilabris , 
Lepel., a female, was taken with them. In the suburbs workers of 
Myrmecocystus viaticus were seen running swiftly about in the 
neighbourhood of their nest. 
January 9th. At 8 c.m. the thermometer on deck fell to 46° F. 
and it was very cold in the wind. At Sohag (lat. 26° 35 f M), 
Agrotis ypsilon again came to the lights of the steamer, accompanied 
by a few Eromene oeellea and our old familiar friend, Nomophila 
noctuella, Schiff. 
January 10th. On the Mle bank at Dendera (lat. 25° 38' M) 
the black somewhat fetid Bug, Aspongopus vidualis , Fabr., was to 
1 The larva of this Noctuid—the Cotton Out-worm—is a serious pest to the 
Fellahln, greatly damaging the young cotton crop. 
