98 THE entomologist's record. 



L. celtis could not be turned up, and nothing worthy of record was 

 taken. 



The next morning we motored up to Mont Cenis, where we had 

 arranged to stay at the Hotel de la Poste, and to anyone else proposing 

 to do so, I would give Punch's advice to those about to marry, 

 " don't," as we found it dear, dirty, and uncomfortable, with poor 

 food and worse attendance. The hospice appeared to be better, but it 

 was too late to change our quarters. The country is beautiful, with a 

 very rich flora, and though buttei'flies were very scarce, we left a place 

 where "only man is vile " with great reluctance. There is most 

 interesting botanical ground close to the hotel, between it and the 

 lake, where pits similar to the Yorkshire " swallow holes " have been 

 formed, which are veritable treasure houses of good things. On 

 the opposite side of the lake we found in the woods the rare Cortum 

 inattenli (which is pink, and not coral red, as shown in Correvon), and 

 I hunted over the marshy ground near the outlet of the lake for 7*. 

 amonda, but without success. The only good thing taken at Mont 

 Cenis was a very line ab. of Krcbia lappona, taken on the way to the 

 Lac Clair, where the species was flying freel}'. The underside of the 

 upperwings shows no trace of the usual ante-marginal patch, but the 

 spots are represented by elongated splashes. The lower wings have 

 no trace of a band, but about where the outer edge of it would be, are 

 a series of splashes like those in the upperwings, producing a strking 

 effect. 



On July 8th we walked down from Mont Cenis to Lanslebourg, 

 and on the way took two M. )naturna var. irolfensbenjcri, one with 

 curiously bleached lower wings, P. eras, C. iphis, ir. rhamni, K. 

 ti/n<lari(s, E. epiphron var. cassiope, Latiorina orbitnlns, Ilirsiitiua dainon, 

 and Urbicola comma. By the way, has there been a special tendency in 

 ]911 towards bleaching? as I took three different species bleached 

 in France, and on my return home took a Rumicia plilaca^t in my 

 garden with one wing bleached silver like var. schmidtii. 



The next day we walked to Termignon and back through the woods, 

 taking one M. niattinia var. n'olfenshenieri, one KliKiia spi)ii, L. arioii, 

 P. /n/lax, P. esclieri, Plebeiim arifus with brown females, /'. aiyi/- 

 rnijmmwn, H. daman in swarms, M. didyma, M. at/ialia, M. parthenie 

 var. raria, Erebia sti/i/ne, K. eiiri/ale, {md one ('/iri/sophantis /lippothdi' 

 var. curi/hia. 



On July 10th we motored to Modane and stayed there in moderate 

 comfort until the 16th, and as the place does not seem to have been 

 worked much, a list of captures may be of interest. On the south side 

 of the valley one An'cia donzelii was taken, Erebia liijca, lirenthis 

 amot/iusia, B. ino, Heodes rirf/aitfeae <? s and one $, M. at/ialia, M. 

 difll/iiia, M. phnehp, M. parthenie, M. deione, the ^ s hopelessly worn 

 and the 2 s past their best, Anthocharis simjdonia, ('alias pliivamanc 

 (dark) and (_'. edima. The best ground was across the river, and either 

 following the path to the next village and beyond, or taking the zig- 

 zag path up to the fort. S. corditla was in the greatest profusion, and 

 instead of the usual chasing over stony ground, could be netted with 

 the greatest ease as they settled on the Valerian Howers. The males 

 were vaiiable, some with four spots on the upper wings and one or 

 two with a white spot on the lower wings. The $ s were scarce but 

 were very dark in colour and with large spots. ^'. alcyone was 



