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to show much in the plate over the central part of the photograph 

 owing to the density of colour or chitin in this species, hut atones by 

 showing very well, certain of the hooks which project beyond the 

 fractured edge. It also shows that, on the more dorsal portion of the 

 10th abdominal segment, the skin sculpture is not the neat network 

 of some other Theclids, but rather an irregular wrinkling. Some of the 

 ordinary hairs are seen at the fractured margin of this portion. 



The Lepidoptera of the Basses=Alpes — Digne. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 

 On the morning of August 18th, 1906, I left the delightful country of 

 Alios on my return journey. It was a lovely day, and, on the drive 

 down, there were many interesting things to see, and, at Colmars, the 

 fortifications, the old narrow streets and the church, all claimed 

 attention whilst a stoppage was made. At Beauvezer I had expected 

 that if Mr. Powell were really coming, I should hear news, and so I 

 did, viz., that he had passed through Beauvezer that morning, and 

 that I had missed him somewhere in Colmars. However, it was too 

 late for anything but regrets, and, that afternoon, I was back in Digne. 

 The next morning broke almost cloudless, and I was early on the 

 move. I went off up the Eaux-Chaudes Valley and explored the 

 little glen that had produced such excellent results a fortnight earlier. 

 Some changes had taken place. Hipparchia statilinus was more 

 abundant, but beyond its best ; H.fidia was not up to the standard of 

 setting ; Hipparchia arethusa was in great abundance everywhere, 

 literally thousands, but now largely females; Pararge macro, with 

 particularly bright females, reminding one of those at Susa ; large 

 but not very specially marked Epinephele ianira were abundant. 

 ( 'olias edusa hurtled along with Pontia daplidice by the roadsides, but 

 C. injali' was less abundant, and worn. Many Hipparchia her mi one 

 were still in passable condition, and so were a few H. circe, but only 

 one large female Enodia dryas was taken, on the last grass before 

 crossing the bed of the stream. From the Baths onward, grand 

 Erebia neoridas shared with Hipparchia arethusa the front position 

 in the lepidopterous picture ; this species was in hundreds everywhere, 

 no longer chiefly males, but females of variable spotting, and showing 

 marked differences in the width and intensity of the colour of the 

 band. Brenthis ilia, a rather small second brood, was abundant in the 

 weedy field previously noted, and so was Agriades bellargus, but, 

 strangely, only three females were seen, although worked for. A. 

 corydon was equally abundant, but A. hylas was, with A. meleager, 

 going over. Here then, A. corydon and A. bellargus were on the same 

 ground, fighting at the same flowers, whilst C. phlaeas was occasionally 

 seeen sunning on leaves, in the same place. Working over to the 

 glen, one found on the Eupatorium flowers the lovely Anthrocera 

 fausta, Lithosia caniola, that sneaked off and fell down to the ground 

 as soon as notice was taken of it, Loweia dorilis, Coenonympha pam- 

 philus and still some shadows of C. darns. Here were also Brenthis dia, 

 Melitaea cinxia, M. phoebe, and a small, bright race of M. didyma 

 occurred, but none really common, whilst Melitaea deione was getting 

 towards the end of its time. Everes argiades, rather small, Plebeius 

 argus, also small, and almost pigmy Polyommatus icarus, the latter 



