230 THE entomologist's record. 



Deltoides. — Herminia mode/ttalis. — One or two specimens only. 



Cheloniides. — LMosia lutarrlla. — In great abundance. We must 

 have seen several thousands one morning. They were everywhere ; 

 the little crowds accumulating and dispersing, as a newly-emerged 

 female called and paired, being very remarkable. It would have been 

 quite easy on some occasions to have caught 20 or 30 with a single 

 stroke of the net. Xcweophila plantac/inis. — The type, ab. hospita, and 

 ab. itiatronaUs, all occurred on the same ground, and appeared pretty 

 generally distributed above 6,000 feet. 



hiPARiDEn.— Leiiconi a ftalicis. — A single ^ specimen in fine con- 

 dition, brought to me by one of the servants at the hotel. Poplars 

 were not uncommon in the district. 



ToRTRiciDRs. — Scriairis stihiana, S. riridana, S, ccspitana. — Occurred 

 in considerable abundance on the open pastures on the slopes leading 

 up to the Meije. Dir/iror/uDiipha alpinana, Tr. [ = politana, Gn., 

 Wilk.] . — Very abundant, flying in the afternoon sunshine, around 

 the yarrow {Achillea millefolium) blossom. This plant was exceedingly 

 abundant by the roadsides. C'nepliasia iraJdbnuiiana. — Not uncommon. 

 The specimens, Durrantsays, " agree with a long series of wahlbamiana 

 collected by Zeller at BergQn." Dichelia (jnomana. — One or two 

 specimens only, not so common as at Courmayeur or at Bourg d'Oisans. 

 Sciaphila an/eutana. — Abundant among the longer herbage on the 

 pastures. Fenthina inearnatnna. — A few among the rose bushes on 

 the lower part of the slopes leading up to La Meije. Tortrix rosana / 

 — The larvae exceptionally abundant on the wild gooseberry, on the 

 way up to the Plateau d'Emparis. Conrhi/lis meridiana. — One very 

 pale specimen, much paler than C. alternana, to which it bears much 

 resemblance, ('entanrea was very abundant at La Grave. 



PYRALO-xMICROPTERYGID STIRPS.— Pyralides.— o</o»f/« 

 dentalift. — Two imagines were kicked out of the herbage by the road- 

 side, bordering which was any quantity of bugloss (Echium vuhjare). 

 The specimens are very like British ones. BuUjfi mistriacalis.— ^ ot 

 uncommon on the mountains. Ereri/extis (Ornhena) snpJiialis. — One 

 or two specimens only. Hoti/a jlaralift. — The large yellow form, with 

 scarcely any trace of dark markings on the fore- wings, was not at all 

 uncommon on the steep shady slopes about half-a-mile below the 

 village. Scuparia siuletica. — Common as usual on the mountains. 

 S. (iiiihiiiualis. — Two only, exactly like south British individuals. 



Crambides. — t'ramhus ndiiiellns. — This was the only really common 

 species of the genus, and it abounded everywhere. Most of the 

 specimens were very like British individuals, but a few were of a very 

 dark smoky hue = ab. ohscura, n. ab. C. tristellus. — A few typical 

 specimens only observed. C. alpinelhm. — Two beautiful specimens 

 taken by the roadside, just below the village of Le Dauphin. I see 

 no difference between these and the specimens I have captured at 

 Deal. PJii/cis omatella. — The large insect, referred to this species, 

 and recorded from Le Lautaret [ante, p. 15) was also fairly abundant 

 here. Ephestia elutella. — One specimen only. 



Pyraldids. — Psecadia pusiella. — One of the most interesting species 

 I captured. At the back of the village was a steep gully, leading up 

 to the cultivated plots on the sides of the mountain. In this gully 

 were three or four old ash and willow trees, and the trunks of these 

 trees proved the haunts of this beautiful insect, At about 8.80 a,m. 



