44 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



route is by train to Etiembieres and thence bj' funicular railway to 

 either Bas Mornex or Haut Mornex station. I was disappointed in the 

 results. Nearly all the flowers could have been found on a similar 

 limestone formation in Englandand amongstthe insects very littleexcept 

 Melanarijia (jalatliea, Hipparcliia xeiiiele abundant and fresh, lii'speria 

 sao, //. carthaiiii, H. jlaca, Aricia niedoii, several species of Burnet- 

 moth, Zj/i/oma, including loiiicerae and Z. alj>ina, with a 

 specimen of Ino i/eri/im. The fnoths KtJonia bipnnctella, L'sendoterpna 

 piuinata and Craiiibiis cariiella fell to my net. These with a tew 

 Parnassius apolh> and Ari/jpuiis af/Uiia on the higher slopes of the Petit 

 Saleve completed my observations among the Lepidoptera. The 

 Orthoptera produced Stairrodcnis bicolor in abundance together with 

 Stouibot/iniii iincatiis and also Oedipuda ))iiiiiata. Pall., with its crimson 

 wings, veiy complete black alar fascia and greyish elytra with dark 

 transverse markings, which I took for the first time in France. I also 

 took twQ males and a female quite fresh of Arrr/pteid fnsca, Pall., with 

 the larva of a species of Dedijioda. The beetle Liita papitli was also 

 common. 



July 6th. — To-day I spent on the range of hills known as Les 

 Yoirons. Arriving at St. Cergues station about 10 a.m. I made for 

 the village which lies back under the hillside. Reaching the first part 

 of this straggling village, I took the first turn sharp to the right which 

 leads from a cafe-restaurant up towards Montauban which I reached 

 about midday. On the way I took Li/caena avion male, Liuieniti^ 

 Camilla female, and Xoydniannia iiiciti, one of each, and saw little else 

 except one worn Apatura iris. After dejeuner at the Hotel at Mont- 

 auban, I walked up to the Chalet de la Rive and on the way took a 

 large fine female of i'apilio machaon ab. rnfopunctata, males of Heodes 

 hipputho'e and H. viryaureae. On the way back I took a Brenthis 

 atiutt/nisia very fresh, and Chiasmia clathrata, and below the Hotel on 

 the stony descent two specimens of the beetle Cicindela hybrida, L., 

 with a quite fresh Foh/onnnatus daman. The dates and emergences 

 this forward year are rather puzzling. Between St. Cergues village and 

 the station I took a fine female of L. avion and the Dipteron Vobicella 

 inanis, L., and concluded a hot day's tramp under a broiling sun for 

 a very small bag of specimens worth keeping. 



July 7th. — This afternoon I ascended tbe Grand Saleve by the 

 funicular as far as Les Treize Arbres station and walked on to the 

 summit. Close by I had the pleasure of meeting M. Boulanger who 

 was studying the various liomceae on the Saleve. The view of the 

 High Alps from the summit to-day was grand. There was very little 

 of interest on the summit itself except P. machaon, which was 

 abundant. The two little ponds just by the summit produced the 

 dragon-flies LibelUdla depressa, the blue mature form, male and female 

 of Caloptevy.v splendens, but I could get neither, as they decided not to 

 settle near. Towards the descent by the Grand Gorge 1 took several 

 H. carthami and females of I'olyominatas semiaviiim {acis), also Evebia 

 oeme, and discarded numbers of Satyrns alcyove, which were all 

 chipped. From the higher ledges which overhung the narrow path 

 there Hew out the moth Liynicolor {(Tnoplios) fnrvata, \\.\., wliich I 

 promply secured, the only other specimen I have taken was at St. 

 Martin Vcsubie on July 27tb, 1914. I don't think it is very common. 

 N. ilicis was abundant and in good condition on the way down, and on 



