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the two forniei' species showed (1) a distinct dimorphism in the tint of 

 the apical blotch of P.hrasHirm' in both sexes, some examples being pale 

 grey, others intensely black ; (2) the males of Purls ra/xw varied from 

 quite spotless to well-marked forms, and from those with a faint grey 

 apical spot, to others with an intensely black one, the females also varying 

 greatly, not only in the intensity of the tint bnt also in the quantity of the 

 grey shading towards the base of the wing The feature of the under- 

 side of both species, however, in these southern spring examples, is the 

 heavy black scaling mixed with the yellow of the hindwings. The first 

 approach to the lovely, heavily-flowered genistas betrayed an abund- 

 ance of ( '(dlojihnis ruhi, a species that had evidently already been on the 

 wing some time, and w^as still coming out, and which is, in suitable 

 places, almost everywhere common along the Riviera, whilst I was 

 astonished at not seeing more examples of Lei(coj)/iasla s/ha^j/s, which was 

 evidently also only just emerging. Then I came upon my first Thestor 

 ballits, as I have already described {anuh, p. 119), and I stuck well to 

 the species until I had a nice series of a dozen or more, only about four, 

 however, being females, whilst a sudden overhead'stroke brought dow^n 

 a white that one recognised at once as AntliiH-liaris bdia, but, although 

 several others w^ere seen, A. hdia was not to be caught on the hard slopes 

 here, and a sight of probably a dozen on this and the following day 

 only ended in three finding their way into the collecting-box, one of 

 these being a very small example, with pale grey apical tips and 

 discoidal spots, another being large, with a large, dark, apical tip, large 

 discoidal spot, and very yellow hindwings. Still the usual spring 

 insects were only just on the move, for but two or three ('Iin/so/ilianii.'^ 

 /ihlafas were seen, with one or two Pob/innmatiiN astrarc/w and I\ icanis, 

 whilst a single Knchht'e canlaminis was all that was noticed. Papilio 

 iiiachaon, however, was already on the wing, and P. poilalirhis was 

 frequent, flying about the cherry blossoms, where, if need be, they 

 became an easy prey ; they were fine large specimens, pale in tint, with 

 plenty of blue on the hindwings. The following day I went over the 

 same ground with the idea of increasing my take of 'J'/icstor halliis. On 

 this occasion, 1 took a larger number of females, was much interested 

 in capturing an early specimen of Si/ric/ithn.s alrciix, two fine large >'. 

 sao, a few freshly-emei'ged Ci/aniris ari/ioliis, and added to my take of 

 P(,ntia tiajiliditt' var. hcUidicc, and Lni<-ojihasia >iina))is, whilst, among the 

 moths, Afinitia ImtiKtsa, Mc<-i/iia fxili/i/onalix, Aspilatrs eitraiia and 

 Sti)fm<))i()ta urohana were already on the wing, and XotiHijihila Jn/hridalix 

 was in abundance. On Monday, March 30th, 1 went to Carqueiranne, 

 taking the early onmibus from Hyeres and arriving at Carqueiranne 

 about 10 a.m. Without knowing anything of the country I struck the 

 right road at once, over the square, up behind the church, and into the 

 lanes that lead over the hills to Hyeres. Next to the two common 

 Pierids, ]'arai;i<' nici/afra was the first insect to show in force, and then, 

 in the pathway, the swift-flying Artinnuis latlumia was seen, followed 

 by several others in the course of the day, the specimens being small, 

 rather poor in colour, and already past the first pink of condition, but 

 a flash across the road at this moment revealed a $ (roneptcnij- 

 cleopatra, and in a trice I was up on the sloping bank under the wood 

 on the left hand side. Here were several species — Callophrys riibi 

 ^yingcommonh' . Anthoiha lis hdia, ('alias ("^/(f-sa, and, a few minutes after, 

 a lovely ^ F.mhlo'e etiphenoitles, whilst at least half-a-dozen ? G. cleo- 



