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strongly smoky ; nervures and stigma dark fuscous ; mesothorax 

 very shiny, with sparse but strong punctures ; hind tarsi black. 



Hah. North Boulder Creek, Boulder County, Colorado, in 

 the Canadian Zone (S. H. Kohwer, 1907). The type is a male, 

 Aug. 21st. The female was taken Aug. 22nd. The specific 

 name refers to the yellow face of the male, in the language of 

 Celebes. 



At Livermore, Colorado, Aug. 12th, 1908, Mr. Eobwer took 

 Perdita lactei^jennis, Swenk & Ckll., and Panurginus piercei, 

 Crawf., at flowers of Helianthiis. These species are new to 

 Colorado. 



University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado : 

 October 25th, 1908. 



NOTES FKOM SOUTH-WESTERN FRANCE. 



By W. G. Sheldon, F.E.S. 



Returning from Andalusia last spring, I stopped at Gu6thary, 

 near Biarritz, from 23rd to the 29th of May. Guethary is at all 

 times a very charming spot for a short sojourn, and in July and 

 August on a previous occasion, when passing through, en route 

 for Spain, quite. a number of interesting Diiirni were observed. 

 On this occasion, however, I cannot report that the butterflies 

 seen were either numerous in species or examples, and those that 

 did occur were few of them of special interest. Amongst them, 

 on most days, I came across several specimens of Everes argiades 

 in good condition ; these were presumably a first brood, and the 

 brood I observed in the middle of July, 1905, just going off, and 

 a brood coming on during the second week in August the same 

 year, would, no doubt, represent the second and third broods. 

 Assuming that there would be another brood in September, it 

 seems probable that in this district E. argiades gets in at least 

 four broods each summer. A few Melitcsa cinxia were observed 

 in one small locality; and on a marsh, M. aurinia of the typical 

 Central European form were abundant. I observed a single 

 example of Papilio podalirius, but failed to effect its capture. 

 BrentJds seZe/te was not infrequent, and was generally distributed ; 

 I had on my previous visit taken the second brood of this species 

 in August. A worn Colias ediisa var. helice afforded me a few 

 ova, from which, on my return home, I bred seven examples — 

 two typical males and females, and three var. helice. An in- 

 teresting capture was four examples of undoubted Melitcea 

 parthenie. Other species observed were : Ccenonympha pamphilns, 

 Pieris hrassicce, P. rapce, Cyaniris argiolus, Pararge egeria (typi- 

 cal), Nisoniades tages, Hesperia malvce, Pgrameis cardiii, Brenthis 

 dia, Gonepteryx rhamni, Polyommatus baton, P. alexis, Melitaea 



