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air full of perfume from the trees, with everywhere the sound of 

 running water. There are many avenues, each being planted 

 with a single species of tree. We found two only with ash trees, and 

 searched them for Laeosopis raboriH, but only found three and these on 

 the trunks. The avenues are bordered with tall hedges of hornbeam ; 

 these enclose, with many gaps in them, parts of the woodland which 

 clothes the mountain side. Round the oak trees, quite high up, 

 L. roboria flies in the morning and many rest on the leaves — but 

 about mid -day numbers of them come down and settle on the 

 hornbeam hedges or on the roads, where they are not difficult to net. 

 We took on the 26th 15 specimens, chiefly $ ? s. The next day 

 Mr. Page went over to the farm spoken of in Mr. Sheldon's article vide 

 vol. xviii., pp. 60 et seq., expecting a bag, but he took a single 

 specimen only from a small ash sapling. So on the 30th we went 

 back to the Park, where we obtained about 30, most of them in good 

 condition, with a few Dryas pandora, Nordniannia ilicis, and D.paphia. 

 The tree trunks at mid-day were covered with resting Satyrids, chiefly 

 Sati/nin Circe, S. alci/nne and Hipparchia xeiiiele, sometimes 6 on a trunk. 

 On July 30th and 31st we collected up what I shall take the liberty of 

 calling " Sheldon's brook," a most delightful place. Giant thistles 

 edged the brook and on them hung crowds of Melanarriia lachesis with 

 many var. J cataleuca, and M. japijijia var. cleanthe, Colias ediisa 

 (small), D. pandora, and D. pap/iia, all these (and especially the M. 

 lachesifi) so lazy that it was easy to examine them at leisure and select 

 just what one wanted. We were late, however, and many were worn. 

 Epinephele tithonwi was in clouds everywhere, the commonest insect. 

 Aricia astrarche (a fine form) were not so numerous. Hendes virr/aureae 

 var. meigii were seen, but only one here and there on the brambles, 

 whilst Celastrina arfp'olun were flying about up and down the stream 

 and resting on damp patches. A beautiful Pohjijonia c-album 

 persisted in settling on my hand. One felt intoxicated with the 

 rhythmic floating, swaying and gliding of the insects all around one, 

 the golden light, the singing of the brook with the clearness of its 

 pools, the vibrant heat, the novelty of ti-ee, bush, and flower, and the 

 delicate tinting of the line of mountains behind La Granja. The red 

 tiles surmounting the cream or pink houses of the town contrasted 

 with the green foliage of the trees and the light blue sky, quite unlike 

 the deep azure Italian sky as seen the year before from Le Lauteret in the 

 Dauphiny Alps. 



Besides clumps of a species of Cmnpositae and of thyme, there were 

 still many small flowers, among them being clover, foxgloves and 

 lavender. The sweet-briar gave out a delicious fragrance as we 

 passed, and we trampled the thyme under our feet. A pair of 

 Gonepteryx rhainni, sporting along, glowed with reflected sunlight. 

 Under the acacia trees bordering the road back to La Granja were 

 some quite fresh KliKjia spini resting on the ground and imitating the 

 shadows cast by stones. Further up the road beyond the brook we 

 found some ash trees, and on brambles near these were worn L. roboris. 



August 1st, a steaming hot day, with steady sun and no air 

 stirring, found us again in the Park. L. roboris were seen, but only 

 eight specimens taken as they were practically over. The insects in 

 the rides had all disappeared as if by magic. But in a small clearing 

 in the pines we found a brood of Gonepteryx rhatnni just emerged, and 



