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Pyrameis atalanta, P. cardui. Generally common. 



Vanessa antiopa. I., II., III. Eafcher rare. — F. io, V. ^irticce. 

 Generally common. — V. polychloros. I., II. Rather rare. 



Polygonia l-album. III. Very rare in the R6z Mountains. — P. 

 c-album. I., II. Common. 



Arachnia levana. I., III. Rare. 



Melitaa oinxia. II. Rare. Larvae on Veronica spicata. — M. 

 phcebe. II. Rare. — M. clklyma. I., II. Common. — M. trivia. II. 

 Rare. — M. athalia. I., II., III. Common. — M. aurelia. II. Com- 

 mon. — M. dictynna. II. Rare. 



Argynnis selene, A. dia. I. Common. — A. hecate. II. Rare 

 among Spircea filipendula. — A. daphne. III. Rare in the Rez 

 Mountains. — ji. latonia. I., II., III. Common. — A. aglaia, III. 

 — A. adippe. II., III. — A. paphia. III. Common. — A. laodice. 

 III. Rare. Single examples occur all over the Rez Mountains, and 

 in some of the woods at lower elevations, always in wet places. The 

 butterflies are especially fond of the blossoms of Eupatorium. Cf. 

 Entom. vol. xlii. pp. 49-54 and p. 258, 1909. 



Melanargia galatea. II. 



Erebia athiops. III. Common. In the Rez Mountains only. 



Satyrus circe. III. Common. — S. herniione. II., III. Rare. — 

 S. semele. II., III. — S. dryas. III. 



Pararge egeria, P. megcera. II. — P. mcera. II. Very rare. 



ApJiantopus hyperanthus. II., III. 



Epinephele jurtina. I., II., III. Common. — E. tithonus. III. 

 Very rare. 



Goenonympha iphis. I., II., III. — C. arcania. II., III. — C. ijam- 

 pliilus. Common everywhere. 



Heteropterus morpheiis. III. Rare and disappearing. 



Adopaa lineola, A. thaiimus. I., II. 



Augiades comma, A. sylvanus. I., II. 



Gharcharodiis lavaterce. II. Rare. — C. alcecB. I. Rare. 



Hesperia sides. II. Rare. The larva probably feeds here on 

 Potentilla recta. Cf. Rovartani Lapok. vol. xv. p. 147, 1908. — 

 H. alveus. II., III. — ^i\x. fritillum. III. — H. malvce. II., III. 



Thanoas tages. II. Common. 



CALLOPHRYS AVIS IN SOUTH FRANCE. 

 By Godfrey A. Foljambe. 



To those readers of the 'Entomologist' to whom the study 

 of European Rhopalocera is an interest, the following notes 

 concerning this as yet comparatively little-known butterfly may 

 prove not unwelcome. 



During a temporary respite from the rigours of an English 

 spring, I found myself, towards Easter last, on the Mediter- 

 ranean coast, in the neighbourhood of a spot reputed to be the 

 haunt of Callophrys avis. An expedition thither on the first 

 suitable day seemed the obvious duty of a collector to whom the 



ENTOM. — march, 1913. H 



