110 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



occiu-s in almost eveiy suitable locality from the level of the floor of 

 the Cirque, up to the Port de Gavarnie, that is, from about 5400ft. 

 to 7500ft. It is not easy to distinguish on the wing from E, ^ti/nne, 

 •which was extremely abundant, but the two are not as a rule found 

 flying together. K. lefebvrei confines itself almost entirely to the very 

 steep screes, which does not facilitate its capture, whereas E. >>ti/iine, 

 though it frequents the ground on either side of such a scree, is not 

 found actually on the scree, unless it be flying casually across it. E. 

 h'fchi-rei does not as a rule take long flights, unless disturbed, but 

 flutters up and down the screes, pitching at frequent intervals on the 

 stones. Apparently, however, it is very sensitive to sound, and it is, 

 therefore, exceedingly difficult to approach. The habits just described 

 are those of the J only ; the 2 is less active, and is found on the 

 rough ground at the foot of the screes. The majority of the specimens 

 have the fulvous patch containing the ocelli on the upperside front 

 wing fairly well developed ; but in many it is reduced, and in some it 

 is absent, so that the specimen is uniformly black. Such a specimen, 

 fresh, and with the Avhite pupils well developed, is indeed a magnifi- 

 cent insect. Ji. ti/ndanis var. ilroiinn^, E. lappuna var. sthenni/o, and 

 (as already mentioned) E. epiphmn var. pi/renaica, were the other 

 Erebias of interest at Gavarnie. E. t/ori/cme was not j'et out. 



Amongst species taken at Gavarnie on this occasion, but not in 

 1907, were Farnassiiis tnneniosijne and Mditaea tliih/uia. An un- 

 expected capture, at a height of 6000ft., was Kln<iia (Thecla) spini. 



On July 10th, one of us made an expedition into Spain by the 

 Port de Gavarnie, spending two nights at the auberge in the Val 

 d'Arras. In the lower part of this valley he found Mclaiianjia 

 lacheais, and higher up, some fresh specimens of Glancojifii/chc iiwlcDiops. 

 He took one specimen of the latter species at a height of 6000ft. 



On July 16th we moved on to Biarritz, and renewed our search for 

 HeteroptevK^ iiiorpJteiis, on the margins of the Lac de Mouriscot, and 

 in the swamp near the railway station. In 1907 we took a single 

 specimen only. This time we Avere more successful, though the species 

 was still by no means plentiful. (Joenonyuipha aedipus, on the other 

 hand, was fully out and abundant. A curious sexual character in this 

 species is the line above the ocellations on the underside of the hind- 

 Avmg. In the J this line is conspicuous, and always shows a metallic 

 glaze similar to that of the ante-marginal line ; in the J it is usually 

 absent, or, if present, always without the glaze. In both sexes, the 

 ocellations on the underside of the front wing vary considerably in 

 number, and in some J s they are altogether wanting. In one J that 

 we took the ocellations on the hindwing are white-pupilled on the 

 upperside. In the same locality Enodia dri/as and Kpinephele tithonits 

 were abundant and in fine condition ; Thi/meliciis acteon, Ereres anjiaden, 

 and l'arar;/e eijcria (type) were getting over. We did not see any 

 specimens of Lanipides boetirus. 



Reflections on the phylogenetics of the Pyrameid group. 



By G. T. BpyrHUNE-BAKEE, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



The basis of the thoughtful paper on this subject (rt»Yfrt, pp. 62, et .st/y.), 

 by Mr. Reuss is apparently that both Pi/riDiieis cardni and P. atalanta 

 are regular migrants. Is this a fact ? We have abundant evidence 



