The fore-wings are pointed, reddish grey in colour, and bordered by a brownish-red band. The larva is pale yellowish-green, with dark green or reddish-violet lines on the back, and a paler line on its sides. It feeds on the flowers of a great variety of plants, such as clematis, broom, convolvulus. It is widely distributed in Central and Southern Europe and W. Asia, but is not an inhabitant of Britain.

LIST OF MOTHS FOUND IN TENERIFFE.

NAME OF MOTH.REMARKS ON LOCALITIES, ETC.
Sphinges.
* 1 Acherontia AtroposEngland (Death’s Head).
2 Sphinx ConvolvuliEngland (Convolvulus Hawk-moth).
* 3 Deilephila TithymaliPeculiar to the Islands.
* 4 Chœrocampa Celerio England (Sharp-winged Hawk-moth).
5 Macroglossa StellatarumEngland (Humming-bird Hawk-moth).

Bombyces.
* 6 Deiopeia PulchellaEuropean. England; rare.
* 7 Rhyparioides Rufescens Peculiar to the Islands.
* 8 Dasychira FortunataPeculiar to the Islands.

Noctuæ.
9 Bryophila Ravula Not in England.
10 Bryophila Algae England; rare.
11 Sesamia NonagrioidesSpain, N. Africa, Madeira.
12 Triphæna Pronuba England (Common Yellow Under-wing).
13 Agrotis Spinifera Not in England; S.W. Europe.
14 Peridroma SauciaNot in England; European.
15 Ommatostola SacchariNot European.
16 Prodenia LittoralisNot in England; S. Asia and Madagascar.
17 Calocampa ExoletaEngland (Sword-grass moth).
18 Heliothis ArmigeraEngland; rare (cannibal).
19 Heliothis DipsaceaEngland.
20 Heliaca TenebrataEngland (Small Yellow Under-wing).
21 Plusia CircumflexaNot in England; S. Europe.
22 Plusia Eriosoma Not in England; India.
* 23 Plusia AuriferaPeculiar to the Islands.
24 Plusia TripartitaEngland (Spectacle Moth.)
* 25 Tarache Lucida England, rare; S. Europe.
* 26 Pseudophia Tirhaca Not in England; S. Europe, N. Africa.
27 Hypena Lividalis Not in England; S. Europe, N. Africa.
28 Hypena Obsitalis Not in England; S. Europe, N. Africa.

Geometridæ.
* 29 Aspilates Collinaria Probably peculiar to the Islands.
30 Sterrha Sacraria England; S. Europe, Africa, and S. Asia.
* 31 Omphacodes Divincta Not in England; South Africa.
32 Acidalia Consolidata Not in England; Europe.
33 Zonosoma Pupillaria S. Europe, W. Asia, and N. Africa.
34 Tephronia Sepiaria England (rare); European.
35 Eupithecia Pumilata var. Tempestivata European.

Micro-Lepidoptera.
36 Botys Verbascalis England.
37 Botys PolygonalisEngland.
38 Botys AsinalisEngland.
39 Asopia Farinalis (dark form)England.
40 Centra Stregaria (Woll.) or Coremia Cidaria (Staud)Probably peculiar to the Islands.
41 Calymnia Eerruginea (Woll.)Probably peculiar to the Islands.

* Marked thus are illustrated.

In addition to the specimens above described, a list of twenty-one more names of Teneriffe moths is appended, which have been written upon by S. Alpheraky in the memoirs of N. M. Romanoff, vol. v., 1889. Several of the insects in this list were collected by the author, but as they were mostly very small brown or grey moths, and of but little interest to the ordinary collector, a description of them has been omitted. The difficulty of identification without illustration also precludes their insertion in a work of the present character.

ALPHERAKY.

1 Plusia Chrisitina| 12 Crambus Tersellus
2 Cosmophila Erosa| 13 Cryptoblabes Gnidiella
3 Acidalia Guancharia| 14 Ephatia Ficulella
4 Scoparia Sudetica| 15 Ucetia Transversella
5 Hellula Undalis| 16 Ephestia Callidella
6 Aporodes Floralis| 17 Ephestia Elutella
7 Botys Aurata| 18 Plodia Interpunctella
8 Botys Meridionalis| 19 Setomorpha Bogotatella
9 Botys Ferrugalis| 20 Litha Solanella
10 Botys Dorcalis| 21 Pterophorus Monodactylus
11 Duponchelia Fovealis

APPENDIX A.