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by 8 o'clock in the morning and had been walking and collecfcing all 

 day, I rested after 5 o'clock p.m. beside the "fontaine de la Grave," and 

 drank and drank, and how refreshing the icy cold water was — had my 

 wife been with me no doubt I should have been told how very bad icy 

 cold water was, but it was very refreshing and most welcome for I had 

 not had a drink since breakfast, grapes being all the moisture I had 

 imbibed, when suddenly a butterfly dropped with folded wings almost 

 beside me, being likewise " dry." A moment's refreshment sufficed 

 and the wings opened and closed with enjoyment — Viirameh card id. 

 I could not resist the attractions of this painted lady and we became 

 travelling companions for the next week or two. It proved to be a 

 female in perfect condition and I should think in her first flight. 

 Liiiieiiitis Camilla was on the wing for some little distance a.bove St. 

 Esteve, but did not continue very high up. Of the Melitaea the 

 same occurred here as below, viz., M. pJioehe, M. deione, M. ciiixia, and 

 Al. didi/ma, one specimen of the last named species having the right 

 forewing not quite fully developed and with posterior border broadly 

 bleached. I took one Breiithis dia quite fresh, one poor Aniijiniifi niobe 

 and one equally poor var. ^m. Melanari/ia ijalatliea was going over 

 but all my specimens are var. procida. It seems an interesting 

 phenomenon that here we should find procida, whereas at La Sainte 

 Baume at a less elevation and nearer the Mediterranean the form was 

 typical (jalatliea. The only Erehia flying was E. iieoridas and it began 

 about 2800 or 2900 feet and was so abundant that I secured a fine 

 series. Here again it is a darker and handsoujer form than the Mende 

 Causse form, but on the whole a trifle smaller, neither being nearly so 

 rich in colour or so fine as those from Digne or the Maritime Alps. 

 It was a great pleasure to find oneself among the Satyrids again. 5. 

 aretliHsa was common everywhere and are mostly of the form dentata 

 with the tawny fascia broad, S. actaea and its variety cnrdnla were 

 passed their best, but I brought home two or three nice examples. 8. 

 brisein was widely distributed but not exactly common ; it was 

 extremely wary in the brilliant sun and very difficult to catch, but I 

 secured a little series some of which have a spread of two and a half 

 inches from tip to tip. I have a longish series of this species and 

 these specimens are only exceeded by some exceptionally large females 

 from Brussa (Asia Minor), they are perhaps the form major, Oberthiir. 

 S. hermione was still in good condition and is a very large fine race. 

 I took a single iS. circe among some fir trees, where I also took 

 several more 6'. henirione, but it and one or two more I saw were very 

 old and worn. As I ascended Hipparchia semele appeared, and is a 

 nice well marked form, in the male the spots are very distinct and 

 nicely bordered with yellowish. Epinephele jurtina was, of course, 

 present, while E. hjcaon was practically over, but not quite ended, and 

 E. tithoniis was, of course, in good condition. Coenoui/inpJui was 

 represented by two species, (.'. paiiip/iiliis var. lyllittf and C. doriis. The 

 Lycfenids were again very poorly represented, but it was now mid- 

 August and late for the group. I took four specimens of the genus 

 Heodes, one //. alci/ihron more or less in rags — one H. {llioiiicia) 

 phlaeas var. eleiis and two H. dorilis. Not a single specimen of the 

 genus I'lebeiiis occurred, but Poli/ovnnatns was better " en evidence," 

 P. icariis was fairly common but a small form ; the females as 

 abundant as the males, and one only of ab. icarinns occurred. P. 



