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half-a-dozeu specimens, of which only one ? , found dead in a spider's 

 web, was in even fairly good condition ; all that I saw were more 

 heavily marked on the underside and had much broader light bands 

 on the hindwing than my specimens from Freiburg in Baden ; M. 

 (in.ria, one S . rather small and somewhat heavily marked with black, 

 on June 16th, but in better condition than could have been expected ; 

 and 3j'. anruiia, one S on the 15th, very small, very worn, and again 

 somewhat heavily marked. Another species which was beginning to 

 become common was Paravf/e achine, but I saw no 2s; the 

 specimens appear to me indistinguishable from those of Switzerland. 

 The same may be said in every respect of Limenitis sibijlla. A single 

 L. iinjiiili rose at my feet from one of the wood paths on the 15th, the 

 only one I saw, and its capture was out of the question. Arcfi/unis- 

 arilaia was fairly common at the privet blossom, which was fine and 

 very abundant, the whole air being often laden with its perfume, and 

 one A. adlppe, a J, was taken at the same plant; the J s of the 

 former were quite typical, the $ s brighter than is usual either in 

 England or Switzerland, and resembling rather Italian or (except for 

 size) Spanish specimens ; the single example of the latter species had 

 no inclination towards var. deodoxa, which I gather from Mr. Rowland- 

 Brown's and Mr. Sheldon's papers is the usual form in these parts, on 

 the contrary it was particularly well off for silver, though the- 

 androconia were both narrower and less black than usual. Not 

 uncommonly one came upon Brenthiti xelene, rather light in colour on 

 both sides, though this may have been due to deterioration, as they 

 were mo^stly rather worn and frequently rubbed. The only other 

 Brentbid seen was B. iiio, of which I took a typical specimen on each 

 of the last two days of my visit. On the 16th Dnjas paphia was seen" 

 for the first time — an early date, I think — and one of the specimens 

 was taken ; it was, of course, very fresh. Coenmvjinpha pamphUiis was 

 fairly common, though far less so than C. arcania, and seemed 

 unusually constant. The skippers were represented by Aun'iades- 

 si/h-aniis in fair abundance, and single specimens of Krynnh alceae, 

 Hesperia iiiolrae and H. alreiis, the latter with very small spots, 

 and also a single specimen of Carteroccpltalns palaemnn, which I 

 have not seen recorded for the district. Another species of which 

 I have found no mention, but of which I took one very fresh example 

 on the 16th, is Melanarnia galatea, but I should think this is due to an 

 oversight ; the specimen has rather more black at the expense of the- 

 white than is usual in English examples. The Lycaenids were very 

 poorly represented. I saw no " copper " of any kind ; of 'the " hair- 

 streaks," Callophrys ntbi was not very uncommon, but hopelessly passe, 

 and I saw two specimens of Stn/mon )»itni, but failed to catch either; 

 a single J' Olaiirojisyche ojllarus, very small, a very few Aricia iiiedon 

 {astrarche), with borders of orange spots as broad as in Italy, and some- 

 half-dozen Pohpmmatits icarus, all but one in rags, the ? s without 

 a trace of blue, were the sole representatives of the " blues." The 

 larvie of Aijlais iirticae, Vanessa in, and Araschnia levana were all 

 common ; the half-dozen of the first named and the 20 of the last which 

 I took all pupated, but from two of the levana chryalises a dipterous 

 parasite, Compsilura concinnata, Meig., was bred; of the io larvae most 

 succumbed to the fatigues of travel, and a larger dipterous parasite, iSY»?-»(?« 

 ranessae, R. des V.,"'- was bred from one of the few that managed to pupate. 

 * These Diptera were kindly identified by Mr. Austen. 



