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11th July, and spent the rest of the day in examining the various 

 antiquities for which Aries is famous ; several leaves from the history 

 of Europe being here plainly written in stone. The next day we went 

 out to the old Church of Aliscamps, an ancient temple of Diana, which 

 was converted into a Christian Church by St. Trophime in the fourth 

 century. The road to Aliscamps is well planted with trees, among 

 which Ailanthus glandulosa, which flowers and seeds here very freely, 

 and Celtis australis predominate. "We kept a sharp look out on the 

 latter tree, which is very abundant about Aries, for Libythea celtis, but 

 failed to find any trace of it. The road is also lined by a row of 

 huge sarcophagi, extending nearly all the way from Aries to Aliscamps, 

 about a mile, the spot having been a favourite burying-ground of the 

 early Christians. We netted a few SpilotJiyrus alcece flying over a 

 piece of rough ground near the Church, and saw Vanessa Egea flying 

 about, but very little else worthy of notice. From an entomological 

 point of view, the neighbourhood of Aries did not look promising, as 

 the surrounding country, as seen from the top of one of the towers 

 built by the Saracens on the old lioman amphitheatre, and forming part 

 of the large delta of the Khone, is remarkably flat. 



We left Aries on the 13th, and went on to Cannes. Although it 

 was rather hot, collecting at Cannes was very enjoyable. Our favourite 

 ground was near La Bocca, about two miles from Cannes. A pleasant 

 ride in a tram, past gardens filled with palms, orange trees, dracsenas, 

 eucalyptus, and all the varied sub-tropical vegetation which flourishes 

 so well in this district, took us out to La Bocca, and about half a mile 

 further out along the same road we found some promising country 

 near a little knoll covered with pines, on the north side of which 

 there was a rough bank, and some fields of lucerne, round the margins 

 of which we found a good many butterflies. We both obtained a 

 good series of Satyrus Circe, which was common on scabious flowers, 

 and also specimens of Colzas JEdusa, var. Helice, Pieris Daplidice, 

 Anthoclians Bella, Epinephele Janira, var. Sispulla, and several com- 

 mon species. The heat made an occasional visit to the shade of the 

 pines desirable, where it was very pleasant to lie on the grass and 

 listen to the ceaseless grating of the Cicadce, and to watch S. Circe 

 disputing the possession of the flowers. 



We left Cannes on the 16th, and after taking the train as far as 

 Grasse, drove on to Castellane, a small town among the mountains, 

 about half-way between Grasse and Digne. It was very warm at 

 Grasse, and the air seemed laden with a luxurious perfume of orange 

 blossom from the various scent works : a pleasant efl'ect, which the 



