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grows." He adds : '' There is a variety of this species figured 

 under the name of Thais hoimoratii, by Boisduval, which 

 appears to be only found in the neighbourhood of Digne ; it is 

 smaller than the type ; the crimson spots are much enlarged 

 upon the lower wings, and upon the upper wings are much 

 more numerous and also larger than in the type ; the second 

 and third costal bands are very small. This variety is exceed- 

 ingly rare, and specimens fetch about £\ each in the Paris 

 dealers' shops. I have been told, however, by an old French 

 entomologist, that they have been known to fabricate this 

 variety by selecting small individuals of T. medesicaste and dex- 

 terously colouring them by means of crimson scales borrowed 

 from other specimens, the black scales of the second and 

 third costal bands being neatly removed, and their place sup- 

 plied by yellow scales. I have followed most authors in giv- 

 ing T. hon7ioratii as a variety of T. medesicaste; if, however, 

 this is the case, it is rather curious that it should only have 

 appeared in one locality out of several in which T. medesicaste 

 abounds. The statement, moreover, that it has been reared 

 from a larva identical with that of T. medesicaste must be 

 received with caution. I knew a French collector who had at 

 one time two thousand larvae of T. medesicaste, and not one 

 produced T. honiwratUy (Proc. Ent. Soc. London, 1867, p. 

 103.) 



Digne, although one of the most famous localities for Lepi- 

 doptera in France, appears, for some reason or other, to be 

 but httle visited by English entomologists. 



The remaining genera of this Sub-family are rare in col- 

 lections, being mostly confined to localities more or less diffi- 

 cult of access, and may be dealt with briefly. 



