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least, I did not see any. On the walk down to Le Freney it was 

 exceedingly abundant on the delightful lavender-clad slopes leading 

 to the precipices on either side. It flew up repeatedly, too, from the 

 runnels crossing the path, where it congregated with P. damon. 

 P. icanis. — Eare. I only saw two or three specimens. P. eros. — 

 One 3' specimen, worn, on the slope beloAv the Meije. Probably 

 over. Plehcius ari/ii.s. — Abundant on the same slopes, and in good 

 condition. /'. acuon.— By the roadside just above the village of Les 

 Freaux. 



VkPiuomnjE.— Parnassms apidlo.- Not abundant, but generally 

 distributed all over the district. J^iF.RiDM.—Lcnrojiha.tia siiuipis, L'oliaft 

 hijale and C. cdma. — None of these species were observed, either on 

 the slopes behind La Grave, or on those leading up to La Meije. 

 They all occurred in the Combe de Malaval, but only very few speci- 

 mens were seen. Nymphalid.e. — Mditaca trivia. — I have two or three 

 worn specimens which I refer to this species. M. phoebc. — The males 

 worn ; two fine large females, in good condition, captured on the 

 slopes some distance below the village. M. cynthia. — One female in 

 moderate condition, taken from a flower, well up towards the Meije. 

 No males observed. A}yipinis niobe ab. crh. — K few specimens, in good 

 condition, on the lower slopes leading up to La Meije. A. ai/laia. — On 

 the same ground. The specimens of these two species were all exceed- 

 ingly small. I once bred the former as small from Niirnberg, but 

 have never seen A. ai/laia so small before. A. lathnnia. — In fine con- 

 dition, but rare. A. adippe. — Large and fine. On the flowers by the road- 

 sides just below the village. Satywd^. — Sati/ni>i cordida. — Both sexes. 

 The females are of the form known as ab. bryce. Hippan-lda Iiennione. 

 — In the Combe de Malaval. This species pairs in the afternoon. 

 I took a pair in cop., the J with the wings hardly dry. H. semele. — 

 The large Alpine form occurred in the Combe. I only saw the female. 

 Coi'nonyiiipha satyrion a,nA (J. iphi.'t.— As nt Le Lautaret, these occupied 

 the same ground, but the bad weather prevented my capturing the species 

 in numbers, or making any fresh observations. The form of C iphi^, that 

 occurred at La Grave, was that which we have named var. dauphini. 

 Kn'bia tyndarm.—khx\n([?in\j on all the slopes leading up to the Meije. 

 The form is a rather large one. The female brighter on the upperside, 

 and the underside whiter than in the <? . The underside of the latter 

 dark grey. E. scipio. — Two worn specimens were captured near the 

 summit of the Plateau d'Emparis, but the basal half of the fore-wings 

 on the underside, up to the band, is quite dark. The species was 

 evidently over ; but even the worn ones were not to be caught on the 

 steep slopes here. E. etiryale. — Exceedingly abundant on the rough 

 slopes up to La Meije, but very worn. The spotting of the specimens 

 examined was very constant, viz., three ocellated spots on the fore- 

 wings. The underside near ab. adyte. The specimens taken in the 

 valley between La Grave and Le Freney were much more ocellated. 

 E. neoridas. — Not uncommon in the valley from La Grave to Le 

 Dauphin, haunting the rough, stony slopes. Mdanaraia yalathea. — 

 Common, but going over. We would again reiterate here that the 

 remarks made are subject to the consideration that the weather was 

 altogether unsuitable for butterfly-catching, and that, therefore, 

 many species were, probably, not seen that may be common, and that 

 others, of which I saw but few specimens, are really by no means rare. 



