10 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



specimens worn." By far the most interesting event of our sta^^ was 

 the discovery, on July 29th, of Melitaea deione, on the sides of the 

 road one mile below the village. Unfortunately, it had been out long, 

 and was almost over, and very few of the specimens taken were fit for 

 the cabinet. Jones secured one truly magnificent female, and for the 

 rest we got together a short series of fairly presentable examples of 

 both sexes. This we believe to be the most northern station for M. 

 deione yet recorded in the French Alps. It seems to be a race of some 

 little peculiarities of its own, and not, as might have been expected, 

 to approach the Swiss var. ben'salensis, or to reproduce the Digne form. 

 To my mind it is nearer to the form taken at La Granja, than to those 

 that 1 have seen from Digne. It is altogether a darker insect. The 

 ground colour duller, and the black tracery coarser, but it is pratically 

 indistinguishable from specimens kindly sent me by Mr. A. S. Tetley, 

 taken this year at Axat, Aude, Sth. France. The Spanish insects, 

 on the average, are larger, and even more strongly marked with black, 

 while at the same time possessing greater brilliancy than the Dauphine 

 form, due possibly to superior condition. Among the Coenonymphids 

 and Erebiids, it was not possible, unfortunately, to carry on the 

 observations made by Mr. Tutt, and noted antca, vols, viii and ix, 

 as the species ( '. iplds and (\ mtijiion were scarce, as also were 

 Melawpin!^ indaiiipiis and M. pliarte, and in the last two from the 

 absence of females I think not fully out. I took M. wclampna only at 

 le Lautaret, where we spent July 31st, and M. pliarte only on the 

 slopes at the foot of the Meije Glacier ; both were at the time very 

 local and scarce. 3Z. Duiainpus is a small form with spots on upper 

 wings generally reduced in number and size, exactly corresponding 

 with the prevailing form at Pontresina. Five M. pliarte came from 

 la Grave, on the last two days of my stay, July 81st and August 1st, 

 taken in a restricted corner of an uncut meadow just before the rough 

 ground that leads up to the glacier. These were quite ordinary, and 

 might have come from Mt. Pilatus. Each species was easily dis- 

 tinguishable, and the few obtained showed no unusual signs of 

 approximation to each other. 



Of the " blues" at the lower altitude below and above the village, 

 hlirsiitina daiiion was the most abundant, smaller and darker than 

 those from Berisal — or Aigle — ^tending perhaps to var. ferreti, 

 Favre — Fidi/oiiiiiiatiis escheri \va:S magnificent both in size and colour. 

 Higher on the mountains /'. <^j-o.s- was the commonest of the genus, small 

 and not so bright as specimens from the Simplon. Zermatt, and Pon- 

 tresina and the black borders appear to be generally narrower and less 

 inclined to suffusion. I got a few females. Pamassiiis delitis was 

 decidedly common, mostly without white centres to the red spots, and 

 some without red on upper wings, ab. inornata. In the list below, taken 

 at la Grave between July 25th and Augustlst,I haveadded "L" tothose 

 species noted at le Lautaret only: Papilio uiachaon, scarce; I'arnassiKs 

 apidlo, f. deliiis ; Aporia crataeiii ; Pontia callidice : I'ieria brassica.e, 

 P. rapae : Anthocaris helia var. aiisojiia, one worn ; Colias palaeno ? 

 (L.) (this I chased but did not take); C. pliiconinne, C. In/ale, C. ediiaa ; 

 Kliiiiia s/yini, very common; Heodes virf/aiireae; (Jhripwphamis hippotho'e 

 var. euri/hia (on the Col du Lautaret the females were very fine, not 

 quite the full black of a complete enri/hia, but with a suggestion of a 

 central blaze of taAvny); Lmveia alriphron var. ;inrdius : Plebeiiix anina 



