1^ .January. 



formed me that his brother found it nearly over at Granada on the llth May last 

 year. It flies very rapidly in the hottest part of the day, and, but for its habit of' 

 occasionally alighting on the flowers of a Sisymbrium and a Biscutella, which grew 

 at the margins of the fields, it would be very difficult to catch. The Spanish species, 

 which differs from the type, as found in Russia, in being slightly larger and in the 

 green markings of the under-side being yellower, is regarded by some authors as a 

 variety of a distinct Russian species, Z. Menestho, Men. ; but I have followed Kane 

 in considering it a variety of Z. Eupheme, E., of which Z. Menestho itself is probably 

 only a local form. As noticed by Kane, its discontinuous distribution, which it 

 shares with Satyrus Hippolyte, E., being taken only at the extreme south-west and 

 south-east corners of the continent is very remarkable. 



Colias Edusa, L. — This was the only species of Colias observed. It occurred 

 in waste places near Gibraltar and Granada, but was not very common. 



Oonepteryx Cleopatra, L. — Several were noticed from the train as we passed 

 through the cork woods. 



Thecla quercus, L. — A few larvae were beaten from a species of oak, allied to 

 Quercus pube.scens,Wil\d. , the leaves of which were downy beneath, between Huejar 

 and the miners' house. The resulting imagines are rather less distinct on the under- 

 side than the English form. 



Polyommatus Alciphron,\SiV. Gordius, E. — A few specimens were taken between 

 Huejar and the mine at an elevation of about 4500 feet. P. Phlceas, var. Eleus, F, 

 Well marked specimens of this variety occui'red at Ronda. 



Lyccena ^gon, Schiff. — A large form of this butterfly, which is very pale on 

 the under-side, was captured above Huejar. It appears to be referable to the 

 var. hypochiona, Rbr., which is described by Rambur as a distinct species. L. Alsus, 

 var. Lorquinii, H.-S. — A single specimen of this beautiful variety was taken in a 

 damp spot in the road near Huejar. The under-side of the wings does not differ 

 appreciably from that of the type, but the upper-side is as blue as it is in L. Acis, O. 



Vanessa urticce, L., and V. cardui, L. — A few worn specimens of these species- 

 with a single Argynnis Latonia, E., represented all the butterflies that were noticed 

 in the Sierra Nevada above 6000 feet elevation. 



Ilelitcea aurinia, var. Desfontainii, Gdt. — A single specimen of this fine local 

 form was taken above Huejar at an elevation of 4500 feet. M. Phoebe, Kn. — Not un- 

 common both at Granada and Ronda. A specimen of the var. Mtherie, Hb., in 

 which the black markings, are obsolete with the exception of a broken band of spot* 

 across the fore-wings, the discoidal spot and the marginal bands of all the wings, 

 •was taken at Ronda. 



Argynnis Pandora, Schiff. — Noticed near the cemetery at Granada sunning 

 itself on the flowers of Armeria allioides, Bss., and also near Huejar. 



Melanargia Syllius, Hbst. — A few specimens were taken near the cemetery at 

 'Granada ; but it was nearly over on the 5th June, as the specimens were all females 

 and rather worn. M. Ines, Hffgg. — One of the commonest butterflies both at Ronda 

 and at Granada. The size and the pupils of the ocelli on the under-side of the 

 hind-wings are very variable. 



