190 THE entomologist's EECOtlD. 



Laquinthal (July 11th and 12th) ; E. ti/ndarus, on both sides of the 

 Simplon Pass (July 7th to 11th) ; E. lapjuma, one specimen on the 

 north side of the Simplon Pass (July 7th). The total number of 

 species taken in the three weeks was 107, and named varieties being 

 added, this number is increased to 125. In addition, three species 

 were seen which we did not succeed in capturing. These included 

 FAivanessa antiopa (Simplon Pass, July 11th) and A. iris (Aigle, June 

 25th). In some places the wealth of insect life was extraordinary. 

 Near Vevey, on July 14th, I took, with a single sweep of my net, 

 two Pnli/oui Hiatus dainoii, two Poh/oiiiiiiatus cvrydon, one Tliecla ilicis, 

 one Dyj/as papliia, one S. circe, and four Epinephele jurtina, making 

 eleven butterflies, including 6 different species. — J. N. Keynes, M.A., 

 D.Sc, Cambridge. 



Camptogramma fluviata at St. Anne's-on-Sea. — Last November, 

 I took a $ Cawpto(ira)iima finviata ((/oiiDiaria) on sugar, here. I did 

 not know it was so rare about here until I saw in Ellis' Lancashire and 

 Cheshire Lepidoptera that it had only been taken three times in this 

 district. Unfortunately I had put it in the ammonia jar before I 

 knew what it was. — T. Baxter, Min-y-don, St. Anne's-on-Sea, Lan- 

 cashire. June 11th, 1905. 



Notes from Southern France. — I arrived at Digne on May 1st ; 

 the season was an early one, and the insects and vegetation noticeably 

 more forward than was the case at the same period two years ago. 

 Leptosia dujionc/ieli, which had been rare on the occasion of my previous 

 visit, was quite abundant, more so in fact than L. sinajds. So far as 

 my observation went it is a species occurring at lower levels than L. 

 sina])is, frequenting the bottoms of the valleys, whereas the more 

 generally distributed species occurs at all levels I collected at, up to, 

 say, 1000ft. above the level of the town. Anthocharis tagis var. 

 bellezina was, as usual, rare, and I could only get five examples. A 

 fair percentage of the Erehia epistygne netted were in fair condition, at 

 this late period for it. E. evias was fresh and very difficult to 

 capture ; plenty of Novriades melanops and A', cyllarus were taken, with 

 abundance of females of both species ; Lyeaena iolas was just emerg- 

 ing ; Cupido ininima, of the alsoides form, and in fine condition, were 

 common ; doubtless Everes aryiades was not infrequent, but I could not 

 find the headquarters, and only obtained one pair, which were taken in 

 cop.: locally Xcvieohins lucina was an abundant species. The weather 

 broke up on May 4th, and knowing, from past experience, what a 

 hopeless place Digne is when the weather once breaks up at this 

 period, I journeyed south in search of sun. Two days spent at 

 Draguignan were spoilt by wet weather. Amongst imagines I saw 

 nothing worthy of mention ; but a search on the pellitory round the 

 town revealed the fact that larv« of Polyyonia eyea were to be found, and, 

 by hard work, I collected about two dozen, from which some nice 

 imagines have been bred since my return to England. These larvae 

 were invariably found on the plants growing on the walls, at a height 

 of from two to eight feet, and on the sunny side ; they were very easy 

 to see, and fed exposed in the sun, no signs of a web being noticed. 

 The larva is unmistakable, the pair of black spots on both sides of 

 each segment, and the head, chestnut-coloured with black markings, 

 making it easily distinguishable from the only other species of the 

 genus that, so far as I know, occurs on the same plant, Pyrameis 



