186 [August, 



At one time I was inclined to the belief that fusciner vis was the usual 

 condition of the (^ , and that all males coloured as in the females were 

 immature. But on examination I now think it is a common though 

 not constant variety (with intermediate gradations), yet so far typical 

 that most of the males taken in Britain are of this condition. Schneider 

 described ficsclncrvis from a single example (sex not stated) from 

 Austria, and while alluding to its resemblance to micnns, retained it as 

 distinct because the neuration was loholly dark. I have not seen an 

 example in which this condition obtains absolutely, but there are 

 specimens in which it does so at first sight, requiring close examination 

 to show any pale interruptions. In my Monograph of 1868 I stated 

 that I had seen an example labelled by Schneider himself, but 1 be- 

 lieve the actual type is now at Cambridge, Mass., in the late Dr. 

 Hagen's collection. Wallengren retained fuscinervis as distinct, and 

 thought there were slight differences in the appendages, which I am 

 unable to discover. I have not seen a $ with the dark neuration of 

 fuscinervis, though there are some in which the streaks on the neura- 

 tion are much longer than in the majority. 



In the broad sense it would only be possible to confuse micans 

 with lufescens, but in the former there is never any trace of a sub-basal 

 dark spot. 



Olivier's description of S. micans (Encyc. Method., vii, p. 63, 

 No. 19) is good. It is immediately followed by that of H. immaculatus 

 (No. 20), and of R. pallipes (No. 21), both of which possibly pertain 

 to the genus as now restricted, but have not been recognised : both 

 of these names were omitted in Hagen's " Synopsis synonymica " 

 of 186G. 



Lewishani, London : 



June, 1899. 



TEN DAYS' COLLECTING IN THE CEVENNES. 

 BY A. II. JONES, F.E.S. 



The name " Cevenues," which is given to the important range of 

 mountains in South-Easteru France, is variously applied. Sometimes 

 it is used to designate a series of mountain ranges extending nearly 

 from the foot of the Pyrenees to a distance considerably north of 

 Lozere ; but, in the more restricted sense, it is only applied to the 



The date 1811 in my Monograph of 1868 was erroneous. 



