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but little new to begin with, but as we ascended higher, insects became 

 abundant. Paniamiiuii apollo was not infrequent, the females being 

 large and very dark, the males rather white. Mr. Jones took a single 

 H. tinlits, whilst P. escheri was not uncommon. Pararife maera var. 

 ndrasta was also fairlj' plentiful and fine, Adopaea Jlava (t/taumas) was 

 likewise plentiful, whilst a few Thymelicus actenn fell to our nets, 

 ('oenonympha arcania was taken at the lower levels, the specimens 

 being, however, small, but up near the Causse, var. darwiniana was 

 obtained. Here also, before we reached the top, Anthrocera fausta was 

 fairly common, and we took one or two both of A. carniolica and its 

 var. (linicnsis, whilst I also secured a single A. trifolii very close to its 

 ab. iiiinoideii. On the top of the Causse, which reminded one strongly 

 of the high Yorkshire moors in some of its details, Melitaea didijma 

 was very common, and the females fairly abundant, very dark and grey, 

 and I secured some beautiful specimens scarcely differing at all from 

 var. weridioyialis, the males also being very brilliant in tone of colour. 

 Melitopa phoebe was not rare, but past its best. M. atlialia was obtained 

 rarely, but only a single specimen of M. dictynna. The commoner 

 blues were plentiful so that we made a fair " bag," though its quality 

 may not have been as good as elsewhere. Our last day had now come 

 and we decided we would work the horizontal path along the sides 

 of the mountains southwards. Circumstances, however, sometimes 

 alter cases, and when Mr. Jones came down in tlie morning he said, 

 as we were having our coffee and rolls, " Let us go on to the top of the 

 Causse again. I had a peculiar dream. You remember that field 

 where you joined me the other day ? I dreamt that in that field I was 

 taking H. dolus by the dozen." I knew exactly the spot he referred to, 

 some considerable way along one of the moor paths, and readily agreed 

 to go again. As before we soon parted to somewhat different grounds, 

 and I was again busy with insects of one kind or another. Satyrm 

 rirce, fine and large, was everywhere flapping about in all directions ; 

 .S. alcyiyue, also in fewer numbers ; Colias hyale, with beautiful fine 

 white females, were not uncommon ; C. ediim being nearly over ; 

 whilst of doneptery.r rhaiiini I took a single male ; P. escheri and //. 

 ilamon were very common. At last I came to the field of the night 

 vision, to which my friend had repaired earlier than I, and as I came 

 in sight I heard his well-known voice say " Come, come along, 

 here is H. dolus in plenty." When I came up to him I found he had 

 taken twelve to fifteen and several females in quite a short time, so I 

 was soon at work and did not finish until I had secured ten or a dozen 

 also. This was our closing excursion in the Cevennes country, and 

 we were both pleased with our success. 



Of Heterocera we saw comparatively few. I have no doubt we 

 missed other llhopalocera, as our minds were specially bent on one 

 insect, and I am quite conscious that I allowed several species to pass 

 that otherwise I should have taken. Kuiydia crihnnn in two of its 

 forms, var. punctiiient and var. mndidci was not uncommon ; i'oscinia 

 striata (yramwira) was less common in this district. iMsiocainpa 

 ifnerciis was stopped once or twice in its wild flight across the high 

 ground, whilst Heliothis dipsacea and Acontia Inrtnnsa were taken at lower 

 levels. Thus ended a very pleasant trip, and the following day we 

 went on to Toulouse en route for the Pyrenees, though Mr. Jones made 

 up his mind to come back here again for Krehia nenridas on our final 



