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not yet distinguished. Additional to the above should be mentioned 

 Papilio podaliniis, Pierls calUdice (Madone), Lfpti/^ia sinajns, Colias 

 ('dam, C. Jiyale, Gonei>te)'ij.c cle(jj)atra, Hhri/sophauiis JtippotJioii var. 

 euri/bia, C. phlaeas (type) and var. eleus, Lampides hocticiis (worn), 

 Liiiie}iitis Camilla, Fobnionia c-album, Pi/ranieh cardni, P. atalanta, 

 Ariiymm daplnw (practically over), Pamrf/e niaera, J', vieiiaera, Epine- 

 phele jiirtina, K. tithomis, A. /n/perantlitis, Coenoni/iiipha jiaiiipJiilua, 

 Adopaea lineola, A. thaiiiiias, A. actaeun, Atit/iades comma ab. catena, 

 A. fii/lvamis (very large females), ('archarodm lavaterae and C. alceae, 

 all of which occurred commonly in the neighbourhood. But the 

 butterflies enumerated by no means exhaust the long list of species 

 native to the Vesubie district, and taken by other collectors in July, 

 in more advanced, and prolific, years. Passing over from Puget- 

 Theniers to Digne, after a night at Touet-de-lieuih where I had noticed 

 Pohjijonia cijea. although the day was brilliant and hot, I was surprised 

 to observe so few butterflies, or, indeed, insects of any order, Diptera 

 excepted. Save S. var. cordnla, I hardly saw anything at all. August 

 3rd found me on the old familiar Digne hunting-ground, above the 

 Thermal establishment, where, in June, 1899, 1 had first encountered 

 Papilio alexanor. Almost the first butterfly I saw was a fine female, 

 but the few others about were worn and not worth capture. Most of 

 the Lycajnids, too, were more or less battered, but I took a single fair 

 Polijommattts admetus var. rippertii from a number of "blues" throng- 

 ing a patch of black mud. >Sati/rits an't/msa also turned up singly, and 

 N. actaca (type) was fairly abundant. On La Collete there was next 

 to nothing, but Papilio macluwn and P. jiodalirinx with one or two 

 more S. airt/msa, and a sprinkling of Prenthis dia, while, in the woods 

 just above the great fountain, Xcphi/nts (/iwrciis was flying in some 

 numbers. It was, however, much commoner on the rough ground at 

 the top of the hill above the cemetery, where the withering plants of 

 Aristoluchia conjured up pleasant memories of many bygone expeditions 

 on these now burnt-up slopes. With Zc/j/iyrns (jiierciis were one or two 

 X. heUdae, both species much attracted by the pods of a shrub covered 

 with honeydew. I had certainly hoped for a better result, but as I 

 gather from M. Chretien, a well-known Paris entomologist, whom I 

 had the pleasure of meeting, the Digne season had been uniformly 

 bad, owing, no doubt, to the weather earlier in the year. Then Mr. 

 Sheldon has already given us his experiences of the " butterfly metro- 

 polis " in June-July, so there is no more to be said, save that I found 

 the Boyer-Mistre, notwithstanding the pressure of a three days fete in 

 progress, comfortable as ever, and Madame seriously considering the 

 advisability of adding a golden AUwanor to the armorial "achieve- 

 ments " of her house. I forget precisely how many German collectors 

 had been in the hotel this summer, but, good season or bad, it is 

 clear that the famous capital of the Basses-Alpes still receives more 

 attention from the bug-hunters of all nations that any other town in 

 Europe. There must, however, be plenty of equally good, if less 

 patronised, localities in this south-eastern corner of France, and had I 

 taken Krchia scipio, as I meant to, but failed through the excessive 

 heat, I should be inclined, if permitted the benefit of another expedi- 

 tion, to fix headquarters somewhat higher up, or at Annot, south of 

 St Andre, an uncommonly promising locality, with a good hotel. But 

 at least it was something gained by going so far south in July to 



