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fitful gleams until we had reached the point where Mr. Raine later 

 informed us we should have turned off for the most fruitful district for 

 the lepidoptera of Carqueiranne. But towards noon the sun came out 

 with considerable force, and our bag was increased largely, but only of 

 the species that we had taken two days before, Ki(cldot' enjilienoides 

 appeared more commonly, but as yet no females, I'ontia daplidice and 

 Anthocharishclia, moderately common; KuMoc cardatnines, still rare ; 

 Thestor hallns, showing signs of wear ; Poli/oiiniiatitH baton, now getting 

 quite worn. Hemaria fncifoniiis, two in lovely condition at the flowers 

 of thyme, Adda aKstralis, fairly common, and a single Aciptilia tetra- 

 dacti/la were the only additions to our Monday list. As a matter of 

 fact, I was much surprised at the comparative absence of moths. I 

 may add that X. hi/bridalis was everywhere. 



Thursday, April 2nd, was dull with fitful gleams of sunshine, and 

 it was with many misgivings that I started for the renowned Costebelle 

 quarries, but my misgivings were well-founded and the sky had grown 

 duller as I went along the road, where I netted a <? Kpichnopteryx 

 pnlla, but when I had got just beyond the quarries the sun broke out. In 

 about half-an-hour I had netted several Anthncliaris belia, Pontia 

 daplidice, Goneptenjx deopatra and Lciicophasia sinapis, a single Thais 

 medesicaxte, PobjoinmatuH baton and about a dozen Tlwstor balliis, and 

 then the sun disappeared and with it our collecting at Hyeres, for the 

 afternoon was spent in looking for Mr. Raine, whose address Dr. 

 Chapman had now sent on, and Mr. Powell, whom I discovered through a 

 resident in the hotel, and the next day was wet — it rained all day, and 

 came down solidly for some hours. The country wanted it, albeit, on 

 Monday, we had seen new potatoes dug, and peas picked, and on 

 Wednesday had watched the gathering of strawberries. Next morning 

 was brilliant, hot, and moist after the heavy rain, ( 'olian ('diim and Pontia 

 ■daplidice flew even in the streets, and insect life was abundant, but 1 

 had promised to meet Dr. Chapman in Cannes that afternoon and what 

 should have been, meteorologically, the collecting day of the holiday, 

 was spent in the train to fulfil this arrangement. Before starting, how- 

 ever, I spent from 7 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. with Mr. Powell, saw the remnant 

 of a brood of ( 'alias edu>ta — eggs laid the preceding November, larvfe fed 

 up out of doors, commenced spinning up on February, and had not 

 even finished then (April 4th), one larva still being in this stage, the 

 imagines commencing to emerge on March 12th, and continuing up to 

 date, some having emerged that morning, whilst other pup« showed their 

 fitness to disclose their imagines. He also showed me larvs of 

 many Satyrids — Hipparchia circe, H. fidia, Melanan/ia si/lliua, and 

 other interesting species. A pupa of Phebia epis^ti/jine, a large cage 

 full of pupje of Chara.vcs jasiKu, and other species in their early stages, 

 showed that Mr. Powell would soon be able to tell us much about some 

 of those species whose life-histories have yet to be written. We hope to 

 get both Mr. Raine and Mr. Powell to write us their interesting 

 observations on the habits of Colias edusa in these southern haunts, 

 some day in the not very distant future. 



Mendel's Laws of Heredity in Insects. 



By L. DONCASTEK, B.A., F.Z.S. 

 In the Entom. Eecord for December, 1902, appeared a very interest- 

 ing paper by Rev. G, H. Raynor, M.A., on Abraxas yrossulariata, in 



