50 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Colias edusa, Fab., var. helice, Hubn. — One at Digne, July 9th, and 

 one at Corte, July 18th. C. edusa was very common at Tattone, but I 

 did not see any of this variety there. 



Gonepteryx cleopatra, L. — Common at Nimes, Kemoulins, and 

 Pont du Gard early in July, but rare at Digne. Very abundant 

 and fine at Hyeres from the 12th to the 14th of the same month. 

 In May I only saw one or two at Digne, and one at Hyeres in the 

 grounds of the Hotel des Palmiers. 



Charaxes jasius, L. — Three seen at Hyeres on the hills north of 

 the town, on the 12th and loth July. This is the only species included 

 in the list of which a specimen was not obtained. 



Vanessa urticte, L., var. ichnusa, Bon. — One taken, newly emerged, 

 at Tattone, on the 17th July. Also some larva? from nettles, near the 

 Hotel du Monte d'Oro, at Vizzavona, which pupated in Corsica and 

 during the return journey. Of twenty- eight pupa?, seventeen pro- 

 duced single ichneumons, and eleven butterflies emerged after I 

 arrived home, three being cripples. 



Polygonia egea, Cr. — Three taken at Digne, on the 9th and 10th 

 July, about the beginning of the Dourbes road. No doubt a couple of 

 weeks earlier would have been better for the taking of this species. 



Melitcca aurinia, Rott., var. provincialis, B. — A few at Digne, about 



the middle of May, on the ' Les Dourbes' road and adjacent fields, in 



company with M. cinxia, which was very common and in fine condition. 



M. parthenie, Bkh. — Not uncommon at Digne in July. I do not 



remember noticing any of M. athalia. 



Argynnis daphne, Schiff. — A few also taken at Digne in July. 

 A. elisa, Godt. — At first only seen occasionally, but became very 

 common, towards the middle of July, about Tattone and Vizzavona, 

 especially in the fields around the former locality. The sexual varia- 

 tion at the extreme is very distinct, the smaller males being of a very 

 ruddy fulvous, and the females, besides being considerably larger, are 

 very much duller in tone ; although a few members of the sexes run 

 pretty closely alike in size and colour. By the third week of July the 

 males especially were getting worn. 



A. paphia, L., var. immaculata, Bell (anargyra, Stgr.). — All the 

 paphia, which were very common in the forest at Vizzavona and at 

 Tattone, probably incline to this variety ; but it is not easy to get 

 specimens entirely without the silver fascia?. The violet colour seems 

 to be associated with the development of the silver markings, because 

 it diminishes in equal proportions and is absent in well-marked 

 specimens of anargyra. 



Ab. ? valesina, Esp. — This variety was frequently observed in the 

 forest at Vizzavona, and, as might be expected, has the same tendency 

 to suppression of the silver markings. One is valesina above and imma- 

 culata below, the under side of the hind wing being a very vivid green. 

 A. pandora, Schiff. — Much more frequently seen than taken, and 

 was most common at Tattone, a few extending as far as Vizzavona 

 station. It did not seem to occur amongst the paphia in the forest, 

 but two were observed higher up on La Foce, in the neighbourhood of 

 the hotel. One or two were also seen at Corte. I got six males and 

 one female, having taken, after the first day or two, about one per day, 

 not considering those discarded at the time when imperfect. One male 



