CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAUNA OF THE DAUPHINE ALPS. 8l 



1 Euvanessa antiopa, 2 Leucophasia sinapis, and hundreds of 

 P. damon, P. corydon, with a few P. heUargus and P. astrarche. The 

 damp ground was just one seethmg mass of insect life, the dift'erent 

 shades of blue looking brilliant in the sun, the /'. podnlirins, with 

 their wings drawn up closely over the back, and the tails stretched 

 out behind, clear of the damp, were very remarkable looking objects. 

 Niceville, in his Buttcrjiies of Sumatra, gives some interesting notes 

 on this habit. 



Div. : Papilionida. Fam. : Papiliomd^*;. — Papllio machaou. — 

 Not uncommon. Flying rapidly about the lucerne fields in the morn- 

 ing sun. The specimens of moderately large size ; in sufficiently 

 good condition to show that they were a second brood, and very 

 recently emerged. P. podaltrius. — Much commoner than P. mnchaun, 

 and going over, the species became much rarer during our stay. The 

 specimens haunt the lucerne fields during the morning and noon, but 

 about three o'clock make for the trees, where they appear to roost. 

 They might be seen flying round the tree-tops until the shadow 

 thrown by the mountain walls reached them, and then they im- 

 mediately settled down for the night. Fam. : Parnassid.e. — Par- 

 nassius apoUo. — Only two or three specimens observed. These were 

 all in a rocky gully behind the hotel. The species did not appear to 

 occur up the mountain slopes behind. Fam. : Pierid.e. — Pterin 

 napi. — The $ specimens were large, very white, and with scarcely 

 a trace of the darker nervures, either on the upper or under-sides. 

 They appear to belong to the var. meridionalis, Riihl. P. rapae. — 

 The males, with a well-marked apical patch, and one distinct small 

 blackish spot on fore-wing. The females strongly marked and 

 yellowish. Probably these are referable to the var. manii of Mayer. 

 Leucophasia sinapis. — Common. Many of the male specimens had 

 the apical spot resembling that of the spring form, others Avere well- 

 marked specimens of ab. diniensis. Many of the females were 

 referable to ab. erysimi. They were usually on the wing from about 

 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., rarely later. Colias edtisa. — Distinctly rare. 

 Not a half-dozen specimens were observed, although I kept a sharp 

 look out for them, wanting eggs for Mr. Merrifield. The specimens 

 caught were in good condition. Colias hyale. — Not uncommon, and 

 in fine condition. One could generally rely on seeing a dozen in the 

 course of a morning's stroll. The ab. apicata and ab. intermedia 

 were both taken, but the marginal band was usually fairly typical. 

 Colias phicomone. — Two or three observed on the high pastures. One 

 in a lucerne field low down at the back of the hotel. Gonepteryx 

 rhamni. — Very common, especially on the last day or two. The 

 females approached the ab. intermedia. Fam. : Nymphalid.e. — Dryas 

 paphia. — Rare and worn, evidently passe. Argynnis adippe. — In 

 fine condition, moderately abundant, and remarkably typical. 

 Argynnis lathonia. — In fine condition; evidently the second brood was 

 just emerging ; more easily caught in the lucerne fields than elsewhere. 

 The specimens are very strongly marked, but not dark, like those Mr. 

 Warburg gets at Cannes. Brenthis dia. — Abundant in the lucerne 

 fields. The females were in much better condition than the males. 

 Argynnis daphne. — One worn specimen only, another, equally 

 worn, was captured on a scabious flower at Bourg d'Aru, and should 

 have been in the list, ante, p. 53. Meliiaea aurelia. — Two or three 



