O THK ENT0MOI..OGTST S RECORD. 



On a little wooded knoll outside the village both Pajnlio podalirins, 

 past its best, and P. machaon were not uncommon, the latter in prime 

 condition, and it may be of interest to note that of two females, both 

 perfectly fresh, one is cream colour and one is of the pale form, both 

 being taken during the first week in August ; here also I took Sati/nis 

 herininne and .S. circe. In the cart roads and by-paths Pier is daplidice 

 was fairly common, the type form not var. raphani — P. rapae was leas 

 common whilst P. brassicae was still less so. Colias crave ns 

 (ediisa) was to be seen here and there but was not plentiful, 

 the few I captured being very fresh, evidently quite recent emer- 

 gencies. I did not see, however, a single C. In/ale at this level. 

 Along these paths P. jindaliriuH would occasionally course, but 

 always with a very strong straightforward flight, Satyrus. arethnm 

 and S. statilinns were common, whilst occasionally S. briseis 

 would dart out from the rough ground of the olive plantations 

 and more often perhaps avoid my net than fall a victim to it. 

 Ejiiuefihele jitrtina race hispnlla was plentiful but Pararge vuiera was 

 rare, whilst I only saw one or two P. nieijera. Coenofiympha paiitpliihia 

 race billus were not infrequent and Kpinephele tithoniis also common, 

 E. ida was to be found flitting uncertainly at the foot of the grass 

 banks, but was difficult to take owing to its dodgy flight. It is curious 

 to remember that when I took this species flying in the hedgerows at 

 Ille-sur-Tet, I did not notice this quick uncertain flight ; possibly the 

 more open country here may account for this when compared with the 

 more luxuriant growth under the high hedges of the Pyrenean 

 district. The only Ar<iynms I took was Brenthis daphne but the genus 

 ]\Jelitaea was better represented. ]\f. didyuia was common, some few 

 being richly coloured with deep black spots, but the majority of 

 specimens of both sexes showed signs of the hot dry climate in the 

 paler ground colour and the reduction of pattern, the latter naturally 

 more noticeable in the males than the females. M. phoebe was going 

 over but M. cin.via was in excellent condition, whilst I was glad again 

 to meet with M. deione. It is curious that in these paths tne 

 Lycaenidae were very poorly represented, indeed they were conspicuous 

 by their absence. A few Riimicia phlaeas var. eleioi, poorly coloured 

 specimens, were captured, and one or two Plebeins (Ariria) medon 

 (astrarc/ie). In one or two uncultivated spots I took a few, very few, 

 Polyniinnattis coridon, one P. thetis, and one just emerged female P. 

 hylas, and I cannot think why this latter came down to so hot and dry 

 a district. The Hes/)eriidae were also few and far between. A few 

 Urbicola cminiia and Aiigiades sylvanioi, a single Erynim [Carcltarodiis) 

 alceae and one Hesperia fritilhnii [cirKii) were all I obtained. 



In a pasturage a little at the back of our hotel through which a 

 stream flowed most of the year, but was quite dried up in August, with 

 a few big trees on each side, I found very worn Satynm cine and S. 

 hernrione, whilst on the other side of this field, on the edge of a well 

 farmed area, I took a nice little series of Polyoiinnatiis sewiaryns, 

 smaller than the mountain specimens but perhaps a little richer in 

 colour ; here also I took one or two female /'. icarua and one female 

 Cupido aryiades. There is but one more insect to record, coming down 

 from "la Madeleine" (the walled in cemetery) situated on a little 

 eminence a short distance out of the village at the back, we encountered 

 a very hot corner of a garden just before getting into the shade of the 



