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we took a nice little series of Erebia epiphron with its var. camape, the 

 latter species flying high up with E. tjorgono. 



Our next trip, after having had another day in search of E. 

 lefehvrei, wag up the Val d'Ossoue, where E. niantD var. ctrrilia was to 

 be found. In this valley insects were more plentiful than anywhere 

 else. As we wended our way among the rocks in the early part of the 

 path, we were much struck by several very small specimens of what we 

 thought must be Satyrus alcynne, but here it was far away from all 

 trees, disporting and sunning itself on the roads. Several evaded our 

 endeavours at first, but finally we were both successful, and found it 

 was <S. alcyone, as we had at first surmised, but with the underside 

 strongly yellowish. Monsieur C. Oberthur,w^ho was also staying at 

 Gavarnie, and whom we had the great pleasure of meeting, told us 

 that this was the Pyrenean form, but the difference in habit w^as also 

 remarkable. Polyonniiatua escheri in both sexes greeted us, and when 

 we came to the bridge, over which we had to go, we again had the 

 pleasure of taking Latiorhia pijreuaica, with A. coiidon, P. arfinx, and 

 Polyonnnatn^ icariis. After crossing the bridge we came into quite 

 another lie of country, we first passed through some meadow land 

 covered with flowers, among which the commoner of the "blues" dis- 

 ported themselves, I hoped to have taken some Zy<iienid(f, but they 

 were conspicuous by their entire absence. Then we had to ascend 

 through a wide belt of trees of all kinds, and in some of the small 

 clearings I took a Holias edusa and a single Pontia dapUdice. Erebia 

 euryale soon appeared commonly, but quite passe, so much so that it 

 was difficult to find a decent specimen. All the way along Paniasaim 

 apollo had been in evidence, a fine large form with very black large 

 spots. At last we came to the E. nuxnto ground, along which we 

 wandered to and fro with a fair amount of success, and were able to 

 secure a nice, if short, series of var, cacilia. This ueing done we con- 

 sidered we had earned our lunch, only the difficulty was to find a spot 

 close to the river and at the same time to be sheltered from the brilliant 

 sun. Our repast being over, I went further up the valley, whilst Mr, 

 Jones continued his search on the ground near by, for var, aicilia, of 

 which a few more specimens fell to each of us, I came shortly to a 

 flowery bank, where dozens of Aryyiinis pales were tasting the sweets 

 of many a flower, I soon went down and made their acquaintance 

 and took what I thought was a good series, but when set many turned 

 out to have seen their best days, A little further on the bed of the 

 stream widened out greatly and was partly overgrown with thistles 

 and other plants. Here I took a lovely large female specimen of 

 Aryi/nnin adippe var, r^^'o^/ara, with the basal and median areas suffused 

 with a beautiful purplish smoky black, Culiaa edusa was not uncommon 

 with Aryynnis aylaia, only when the two came in conflict on a thistle 

 head the former always had to give way, for one flower could contain 

 no more than one ^. a//^«/fl, which was always quite oblivious of every- 

 thing but its own needs, 



(To he continued.) 



;:^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



A Pathological Specimen of Callophrys kubi, — I took a curious 

 specimen of this species at Brasted Chart on April 27th last. It was, 



