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roh/omiiiat.iiit auianda, its delicate and beautiful colouring has always 

 attracted my attention, but I fear it must have been well over, for I 

 only took one or two specimens at Vernet and another in the St, 

 Vincent Valley. A single pair only of Ai/riades thetis fell to my net, 

 whilst a single male I leodes ririianreai' and Loueia dorilis did likewise, 

 as also a single /'. Jn/los, Celastriiia arninhis was rare, but Pleheitis 

 an/IIS was plentiful, and Poli/oiiDiiatns si'iiiianjiis was not uncommon, 

 its colour, however, was decidedly darker than usual. I only took one 

 specimen of Jlinniria pidaeas, which was quite bright and typical ; it 

 was captured on July 7th. Paniassins npnllo were all large specimens, 

 and were found, though not in any abundance, throughout the 

 district, only one specimen of Colias ednsa, a poor female, fell to my 

 net in one of the open areas by the road towards St. Martin de 

 Canigou. Pierh braxfiicoi' and Picris [(Tanoris) rapae occurred 

 frequently in the cultivated areas, whilst Leptofn'a siuapia was common. 

 The bright and pretty Enchlo? enp/wndidefi was not as common in the 

 immediate vicinity of Vernet as it was further afield, I only took three 

 specimens more or less near the little town. 



On the hill at the foot of which stands the Hotel des Bains 

 Mercader, several of the Satyrids occurred in abundance, the result 

 being that I omitted to take a sufficiently long series of Sati/ni.t circe. 

 It was in beautiful condition for at least a month to five weeks. S. 

 herniionc was very common, i>\ xemeU less so, but the females were 

 beautifully bright and large specimens. High up the hill near the 

 top I W'as glad to take a single S. hriaeia. Melanarcjia lac/iesis occurred 

 everywhere, as also did Krchia sti/ipie, all being fine large heavily 

 oceliated specimens, decidedly larger than my Gavarnie series and 

 more heavily spotted, whilst they are, of course, quite a different 

 looking insect from the general run of the Swiss form. 



Quite typical Pij/as papliici turned up here and there, both sexes 

 of hsinia lafhonia, and a single male of Brent/iifi dia in perfect con- 

 dition was taken on July 4th. Of Melitaeae, M. didyiiia and J/, athalia 

 were common, the latter large and darkly marked, whilst M. phoebe 

 was much less in evidence, but the specimens were large. Paran/e 

 niaera and its form adrasta occurred together, and I took a single 

 specimen of P. aef/eria. Aj>ha)itnpits lujpi'rantiix was quite typical, 

 whilst Epinephele jiirtina var. hispiilln likewise occurred, and E, 

 pasiphoe has already been mentioned. Of the genus Coennnymplia the 

 only two species that I took were C. arcania and C. pamphiliiti. 



Among the Heterocera, Anthrocera {Zuriaena) lonicerae was fairly 

 common, A. srabiosae being much less abundant. Aducita (Ino) 

 f/fri/nn was in good condition, and by no means rare, whilst Heteroqynia 

 penclla was of frequent occurrence. .SVsm {Mocrof/losfta) stellatanim 

 could be seen every day poised in the hot sun over the flowers whose 

 nectar it delighted in. I did not find any of the Lithosiids common 

 except Coscinia striata : this was plentiful, but I found no dark or light 

 varieties whatever. A single specimen of both Lithosia f/riscola and 

 /.. caniola fell to my lot, and I took also one specimen each of 

 Eitprortis cJiri/finrrhoea and of Cocldidion liiiiarodes. Flying in the hot 

 sun I likewise took one specimen of Acyeria (Sesia) empiformh and of 

 yE. aerifroiis. So far as the immediate neighbourhood of Vernet itself 

 is concerned this concludes my list of captures. 



After I had passed a week's pleasant stay I returned to the hotel 



