160 THE entomologist's record. 



of the spring brood in both sexes, with the comparatively straight 

 costa and square apex, as compared with the much more rounded costa 

 and apex of L. sinapis var. (liniensis. 



In the males the apical spots are as pronounced as in the spring 

 brood, but they are not so large. Underneath, five of my examples 

 are entirely without dark markings, though the other has a slight 

 indication of a transverse band in the centre of the hindwings. The 

 area at the apex of the front wings, which on the upperside is 

 represented by the dark blotch, is of a pale lemon yellow, and the same 

 colour obtains on the base of all the wings below and above. 



The two females have the dark apical blotch showing very slightly 

 on the upper surface, much more slightly than is the case in the 

 spring brood. On the underside they have the central band on the 

 hindwings showing rather prominently, otherwise they exactly re- 

 semble the males. 



A good point of distinction between these two species is the 

 antennae ; in L. sinapi>i the base of the club-head is white in front, 

 this white patch is wanting in L. dupnnclieli. 



Staudinger, who named var. aestica from specimens taken by him 

 at Amasia in Asia Minor — where he states that it was abundant — 

 described it in Home Socii'tatis Kntumologicae Romcae, vol. iv., p. 222. 

 His description of the Amasia specimens, and the examples in the 

 National Collection, agree pretty closely Vv'ith my Digne captures, 

 except that the surface of the wings, both above and below, is a little 

 more yellow in the aestira form. 



Obviously the example I purchased from Cotte was a belated spring 

 emergence. 



tSince writing the above my friend Mr. P. W. Abbott, who 

 accompanied me to Digne, in July, 1904, informs me that he brought 

 back eight examples of Leptusia, and that after seeing my var. aestiva, 

 he finds seven are that form, and only one is L. sinapis. 



A Fortnight at Gavarnie. Hautes-Pyreiiees. 



By G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 A twelve hours' journey brought us from Mende to Toulouse, 

 where we arrived at about 8 o'clock in the evening, and as w-e had to 

 be up betimes in the morning we were glad to go straight to bed after 

 dinner. No doubt it was a very bad thing to do, but it did not seem 

 to have had any ill effects in our case. We were down at 5.30 for our 

 petit dejeuner, which was enjoyed greatly in the street before people 

 generally were astir, and whilst the air was delightfully fresh. Our 

 first change was at Lourdes, where we had two and a half hours to 

 wait. Half an hour of this sufficed for a good meal, after which I left 

 my friend (Mr. A. H. Jones) to have a needed siesta, whilst I went 

 through the small town to see the far famed grotto with its church 

 above it. It happened to be a quiet day with but few pilgrims, and of 

 this I was glad, as I made my way through the winding street, the 

 Boulevard de la Grotte. On the one side the Boulevard was lined 

 with shops of all descriptions, for the great part, however, with but one 

 object in view, r/c, the sale of mementos of " my Lady of Lourdes" and 

 of all the cures wrought by her marvellous efficacy. The shops end at a 

 small bridge beneath which flows the river, the Gave du Pau, beyond 



