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found I had secured my first Lampides boeticim from this locality. A 

 few minutes more brought us to the Port de Gavaruie or the Port 

 d'Espagne as it is sometimes called. In front of us lay Spain with its 

 many and deeply interesting associations, its checkered history, its 

 beautiful country — poor Spain from nearly every point of view — behind 

 us lay " la belle France " with her marvellous history and lovely 

 country, filled with life, and so internally and financially strong that 

 when she wanted twelve millions the other day for one of her western 

 railways, over thirty times the amount was subscribed for in a single 

 day, the larger portion of this coming from her peasant proprietors. 

 But the time had come to cease from reveries and to find a place for 

 lunch, the sun was hot, the wind cool. Water? Where was water? 

 The only visible sign was a trickle across the path 100 yards away. 

 We therefore "followed the gleam" and made our way thither. Just 

 about fifty yards up the hill side we found its source, a little under- 

 ground stream bubbling up into a wee well about eighteen inches in 

 diameter surrounded by soft verdure as green and fresh as could be 

 desired. Here we had our repast and promised ourselves to return to 

 Spain at some other time, having pleasant memories of our lunch there 

 on this day. Just as we had finished, a white butterfly caused me a run, 

 only to find that I had secured a specimen of our common Pier in rapae. 

 Again another " white," this time however it was Pontia daplidice. Then 

 a large Cramhus was hurled along by the strong wind, which turned out 

 to be the Pyrenean (hambus diiiitdlus^ a species at present I believe 

 only recorded from southern France, I took a male and two females. 

 C. radiellns also occurred here. Flying about in the sunshine were 

 several Pltisia which I chased, the first proved to be the ubiquitous 

 P. gamma, but the second was what I had hoped for, viz., P. ni. One 

 or two Lampides boeticiis were occupying my attention on the " col " 

 of the pass when my friend (Mr. Wainwright) shouted "Here! Quick!" 

 and I saw him make two rapid strokes with his net. As I came up he 

 said, " Here you are, I don't know what they are," and as I boxed 

 them, judge my delight when I found he had taken two specimens of 

 Hepialiis pi/renaiciis var. alticolor, Obth. I was not, however, fortunate 

 enough to find the apterous female. On our return along the usual 

 road we stayed on the hhebia U'febvrei ground and I succeeded in taking 

 another couple of specimens, and also just before reaching those screes 

 the only Zygienid seen at Gavarnie, viz., Adscita statices var. crassiconiis, 

 at least I conclude it must be this, though I see no difterence between 

 it and var. heydenreichii. To go back to lefebrrei for a moment. This 

 species will lly quite late in the afternoon in the sunshine, but directly 

 a cloud hides the sun /•'. lefcbvrei hide themselves. The gradient of 

 the screes is so steep and the stones so loose that it is quite impossible 

 to chase the insects, the only plan is to have a fishing-rod net and to 

 stand and seize the opportunity when it occurs. 



Another walk up the slopes below the Pimene produced a very 

 nice series of K. i/on/onc, with a number of fine females, more /'A 

 epiplimn and one or two var. rassiope. Setina irvonila was not un- 

 common, and I took a single specimen each of lAtluma lurideola and 

 of L. complana. Crambxs radielliin and C. vonchdlua were the only two 

 species of that genus that I saw. A couple of days later Mr. Wain- 

 wright and I decided on a short expedition to Cauterets, via the 

 Vignemal Pass and the Lac de Gaube, as I much wanted to try the 



