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been worked out, whether the southern form is really a southern race 

 or distinct species." He himself worked out the life-history of olhiaria 

 from eggs obtained from a ? taken at Hyeres by M. Morton. The 

 eggs are described as " oval, granulous, yellowish- white in colour, 

 becoming, 48 hours after they were laid, dull red, and entirely brown 

 the evening before the larvae hatched, which event occurred January 

 20th." After several attempts, he found that the larv« would eat the 

 young leaves of Galiuw. He describes in detail the larva, pupa, and 

 imagines bred therefrom. He had one ^ and two 2 s out at the same 

 time, and the 3^ paired with the two J s in succession. The two laid 

 153 fertile eggs. These were laid singly, the ^ living eight days, the 

 two 2 s twelve and fifteen days respectively, the imagines always 

 appearing between 9 and 10 in the morning. The variety, he notes, 

 has been recorded from Marseilles, the Nice district, Cannes, and 

 Hyeres. It is found commonly at Hyeres on the rocks dominating the 

 town, by daytime, and at night resting on plants, with the wings 

 raised, like Ao^/o.s alpinata and Strcnia dat/irata. 



So much for Milliere's work. Thirty years have passed since 

 Milliere threw out this request for a critical comparison with the eggs, 

 larvas, and pupa of British L. uiultistrinaria. How many hundreds of 

 examples have been bred in those 30 years for specimens, and without 

 having had a scrap of scientific result or value, I cannot say. Will 

 not someone who knows the species clear up the doubts definitely, by 

 working up the life-history with the definite object of comparing it m 

 detail with that of olbiaria, and thus wipe away the stigma on British 

 lepidopterists involved in the " ? " before olhiaria in the 3rd edition 

 of Staudinger's Catalan ? Milliere describes the egg, larva, pupa, 

 imagines (<^ and ? ), as well as the habits of the southern insect, so 

 that comparison should be easy. 



Some Butterflies of Macolin and Grindelwald. 



By F. E. LOWE, M.A., F.E.S. 



Macolin and Grindelwald do not appear to have received sufficient 

 entomological notice. The former place is mentioned only for Thecla 

 araciae in Wheeler's recent book, who is evidently quoting from Kane. 

 Grindelwald, given only as a locality for Brenthis ainathu^iia and 

 Syiicht]ni)i fritilliw} by Kane, is noticed by Wheeler among the haunts 

 of Polyomiiiatiis daiiiDii. Indeed, one of these authorities facetiously 

 confessed to me that he only knew Grindelwald as a locality for the 

 " London Brown." Chance rather than choice brought me for a short 

 stay at each of these places last summer, and I think it likely that 

 others may be glad to hear that an entomologist may look for some- 

 thing of a " bag " at either of them. Macolin, or Magglingen, above 

 Bienne, is reached by a funicular railway from the outskirts of the 

 town, and overlooks the lake, with a magnificent panorama of moun- 

 tains facing the visitor. In the list of butterflies to follow, the country 

 exploited only embraces the short distance from the foot of the rail- 

 way to the meadows, a mile-and-a-half behind the hotels. Some of 

 the best ground is by the side of the funicular, but it is very rough and 

 steep, and the thick growth of the underwood very much hinders the 

 working of the net. 



We arrived at Macolin on June 17th, remaining until the 23rd, 

 but the 18th was wet, and on the 20th I went to Tramelin, on the 

 21st to Eeuchenette, and on the 22nd to Aarberg. This only left the 



