LEPIDOPTERA OF THE VAUDOIS VALLEYS — BOBBIE, AU PEA. 



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sport could be obtained with Euvanessa antiopa in the woods going up 

 to the Pellice falls — i.e., you saw a good many, struck at most, and 

 missed nearly all you tried for. A single ^ example of Tephrosia 

 histortata, of exactly the same form as that we capture in the " second 

 brood " in our southern woods in England, was very acceptable. On 

 the flats about half way between Bobbie and the falls one began to get 

 at the more alpine species. Erebia (joante began to appear, and Argyn- 

 nis niube was abundant, but it was not until the falls were reached that 

 Setina aurita and Erebia euryale began to appear, and Parnassius 

 apollo to becoiue more numerous, and the more lowland fauna was then 

 left rapidly behind. Erebia tyndarus soon became common, and E. yoante 

 and Paniasfiuis apollo continuously increased in numbers, whilst every 

 runnel had swarms of PvlydUDnatiis vurydon, P. c^cheri, P.hylas,P. icarus, 

 and P. astrarche, intermixed now with P. eras and P. damon, which was 

 not a common species in the valley. With them was a single P. bellaryua, 

 whilst, in one or two spots, Plcbn'iis arym^ ( acgon ) and P.aryyrognomon 

 (arytis), both of most typical form, were captured at the same puddles, and 

 then, right away up the long stretch to the final zigzags before reaching 

 Au Pra, the same fauna was to be met with . At the falls I took a single 3' 

 specimen of Epinephele lycaon, the only one 1 had seen in the valley, 

 although I kept a sharp look out for the species, nor did I see another until 

 the day I returned to Bobbie, w^hen I captured a 2 in almost the same spot 

 as the c? had been taken some days before. Besides the species already 

 named, I took on my journey between Bobbie for Au Pra : Papilio 

 machaon, Ilipparchia semcU', H. alcynne, Melanaryia yalatea, Argynnis 

 var. ch'odoxa, A. aglaia,A. niobe, l'yratnrif< otalatita, I\ cardui, MeUtaea 

 didyiiui, fjCjitidia sinapis, Chry.wphaniis vnr. gordiiiH, ('. dorilis, Polyom- 

 iriatns orbitubis, P. mrleagrr (worn), Spilothyriis iiialraru)i), irnnoptera 

 libatrix [n,t rest on a rock), Anthrocera p^rparalix, Calliinorp/ia licra, iSyn- 

 toniis j>hcgea, Bryophila iirnralis (in the first hamlet beyond Bobbie), 

 Porthctria dispar (both sexes, ? s resting on the rock), and Agrius amvol- 

 ruli (on the wing). At Au Pra, at an elevation of some GOOO ft., one is in 

 a typical high alpine district. Lying in a basin scooped out by the Pellice 

 in its upper course, and now^ little more than a brawling alpine stream, 

 the village consists of an inn, the Albergo delle Alpi (where 

 rough but fairly comfortable quarters are to be obtained), and the fron- 

 tier gendarmerie and customs' stations for travellers coming over the 

 Col de la Croix from Abries. Away to the south are Monte Viso and 

 its great outliers, the latter footing it to the Pellice stream, whilst to 

 the north and west are the Hautes-Alpes, leading away into France by 

 various routes. Here a few enjoyable days were spent — from about 

 August 18th to 22nd— exploring the mountains. The fauna, of course, 

 was purely alpine. Most of the collecting was done between GOOOft. 

 and 7500ft., and the best locality proved to be up the pathway directly 

 behind the hotel. The species I captured were not numerous. Only 

 three Erebias — Erebia gaante, of a rather small form; A'. tyndariLs, 

 well ocellated ; and E. euryale, the two former common, the last-named 

 distinctly rare ; Pararge maera, large and well ocellated J s ; Argyn- 

 ids niobe, very abundant ; A. aglaia, less so ; Itmoria lathonia, fairly 

 common ; Polygonia c-album, several ; Vanessa io and Pyraineis cardui, 

 rather scarce ; Brenthis pales and Colias phicomone, not uncommon, 

 but in very poor condition ; Pieris napi, large white males, no females 

 seen; Coenoni/uiplui panip/iilus, a, single large pale example: ' 'An/.su- 



