SOME LEPIDOPTERA FROM EASTERN FRANCE. 

 Br F. C. WOODFORBE, B.A., F.E.S. 



The following account of some LepUlojjtera captured in the extreme 

 north of the Department of Haute Saone from July 21st to Sep- 

 tember 2oth, 1920, may be interesting to some of your readers. During 

 the last week of Jul}^ Pajjilio machaon and CoUas lii/ale were common 

 in the permanent clover fields, and both when bent on feeding were easy 

 to catch, but many flew wildly about without taking any notice of the 

 flowers, and were then quite impossible. During that week and the next 

 Lycaeaa hatou and semiargus were also common in the clover- fields, and 

 Chrysoplianus dorilis was not uncommon. On rough ground, on the out- 

 side of a very large wood, Lycaena avion showed itself, but only in veiy 

 small nmnbers, and I did not see a dozen altogether. Of L. argiades 

 I caught two specimens, one on July 25th, the other on September 11th. 

 L. argiolus, L. coridon, and L. aegon were all very scarce, and of 

 C. plilaeas I did not see a single specimen during the whole of my stay. 

 At the end of August I saw and caught two worn specimens of Zeplufrus 

 hetulae, male and female. This is a butterfly that seldom is seen on the 

 wing, but from the quantity of sloe growing everywhere in the district, 

 I suspect that plenty of larvae could be taken in June. 



C. edusa was flying from July 25th up to the beginning of September, 

 but was quite uncommon, and I did not see more than a dozen specimens 

 altogether. 



During August, Aglais iirticae, Vanessa io, Pi/rameis cardiii and 

 atalaiita were flying, but none of the species were in abundance. One 

 very worn Polygonia c-album was caught at the end of July, and 

 a freslily-eiuerged specimen was seen about the middle of September. 

 Limentis sihylla, Dryas papliia, and Argynnis adippe were common, 

 but very mucli worn up to the middle of August. One specimen, very 

 worn, of A. aglaia was seen at the end of July. From August 7th 

 to 29th Brenthis dla was in evidence, but not at all common. Two or 

 three specimens were quite fresh. On August 12th I took a single 

 example of B. selene in very good condition, but saw no others. A worn 

 specimen of Melitaea athalia was taken on August 28th ; of the 

 Satyrines, Epinephele jurtina, P. tithonus, and Coenony/npJ/a pam- 

 pliilus all through August were literally swarming. In the flrst half of 

 that month Erelia aethiops were flying on the rough ground mentioned 

 above, and one or two were seen in the middle of the wood in an open 

 space. Pararge aegeria var. egerides showed itself, but was decidedly rare. 

 Early in the month some very worn specimens of Melanargia galatea 



were still flving. 



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