54 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



very inconspicuous when at rest. Erebia aethiops.- One female 

 specimen only, in fine condition. 



NocTuiDES.-^/>«»H'« ./^///m,«.-One specmien on a flower-head m 

 the sun ; of the ab. oadea-M-o form. Phtsia bractm. -Klo^■ely male, 

 found whilst drying its wings on a grass stem at about lO^-^^^; 



Cn^j.omivJ.-Ccdlmorpha /...a.-In great force, and m excellent 

 condition. All along the valley, from about 10 am. til 2 p.m., this 

 species was to be disturbed from the flowers basking m the^-n ^^^^^^ 

 times two or three specimens on a single Ao^er-head It was also 

 scattered all over the clover fields, suckmg honey from the Aowers I 

 did not see a single specimen of ab. hUe^cem, nor of ^b .satumjm. 

 Lithosia cowplana.-Ock\ specimens were to be obtained here and there 

 seated on the scabious flowers in the sun. L htndeola.-k few odd 

 specimens obtained in the same way as the last. /'^'Y'lZ^^^i: 

 The specimens here were marked like typical irrorella, but they were 

 of a r ch golden ground-colour, and may be an allied species. Litnosm 

 lutarcllaLpyinnaeoJa.-The ordinary Br tish form of this species (ab 

 p,l,.uu'ola) occurred here, and not the usual richly-coloured Alpme tj^pe 

 This was remarkable and unexpected, as at La Grave, only a few miles 

 away, but at 2,000 feet greater altitude, the golden lutarella^honnded. 

 Soine entomologists still throw doubt on these being the same species 

 because the more golden colour of Intardla is accompanied by a darkei 

 underside, but iV^pose no one has caught --- . ^P-^f^ ^ 

 Mardla find pygmaeola than myself, and I have no doubt of then 



beinc; the same species. t ^ \ i„v.+ 



Boumcw^s.^Porthetria di.par.- The males exceedingly abundant 

 flying everywhere, the females seated on the perpendicular faces of the 



SATUKNiiDES.-N«eu.Hv:« pyrL-The beautiful larv.^ would have 

 proved abundant, I believe, had they been closely searched for. I 

 found several full-fed ones, on one little bush of ^'/'«'"»^f 



GEOMETRiDEs.-.S'ir.Hk dathrata—Conunon here and there. The 

 specimens quite typical. Acidalia mar<iineimnctata {prowntata).-One 

 ypical .lAmJ Larentia olivata.-One or two specmiens disturbed 

 frim the sides of a rocky gully. Coremia ferrugata. -One moderately 

 typical specimen only occurred. FAcbolia bipunctana -Common o a 

 rather deep grey colour, and well defined transverse bands rather 1 ke 

 the darker^berrations found among British ^f cimens W^i6«Za;- .^^^^^^^^ 

 tersata,-One specimen, of a grey tmt, m fine ^^of^^^^tion di u bed 

 from a mass of clematis, which was very abundant all oyer the district 

 FAipithecia impurata.-One specimen, in poor condition, disturbed 



whilst resting on a rock. . t , -u n t . +v^^ 



PyRALiDES.-Oro6.na ImMli^.-One specimen disturbed from the 



herbage in a steep gully. Botys nebrdalu.-One specimen disturbed 



in the same locality as the last. . i i i 



CRAMBiDES.-CVam&»s- faJsdlus.-k few specimens only observed. 



These were not quite so pale as the Gresy-sur-Aix specimens. Crcnnbus 



cuhndlm. — Very abundant. , . . „ 



Gelechiides -(/.'/a-/<ia ^nymnc-ic^^a. -Several specimens, m fine 



condition. The species was rather common. k^ a v 



Pterophoeides. — Mimaeseoptilm coprodactylm. — Abundant, as 

 usual. AdptUla tetradactijla. -^ khnndmt, and just like British 

 specimens. 



