194 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED IN THE PYRENEES- 

 ORIENTALES IN 1917 AND 1918. 



By James R. McClymont. 



This paper records the species and varieties captured by me 

 in 1917 and 1918 in the vicinity of Amelie-les-Bains and of 

 La Preste, both of which places are situated to the south of the 

 Canigou agglomeration. Forms which I bad taken at Vernet- 

 les-Bains in 1916 are not invariably mentioned a second time. 

 When the example is of the same species or variety but of differing 

 sex it is mentioned a second time. Certain species and varieties 

 which had been captured at Vernet-ies-Bains in the month of 

 July, 1916, were observed at Am6lie-les-Bains in June of the 

 following year. Amongst these were A. cratcegi, C. edasa. 

 G. rhamni, L. Camilla, P. mcera var. adrasta, and E. imsiphde. 

 Others which had been captured at Vernet-les-Bains in July 

 were observed at Amelie-les-Bains in June, and also at La Preste 

 in July. Amongst these were V. io and A. aglaia. Yet others, 

 captured at Vernet-les-Bains in July, were observed at La Preste 

 also in July. Amongst these were P. c-alhum, C. dorilis, and 

 C.phlceas. Finally C. hyale, captured in the month of September 

 near Meuton, and L. boeticus, captured there in October, and also 

 P. machaon and G. cleopatra, captured there in the month of 

 April, were all observed at La Preste in July, 1917. I take this 

 opportunity of adding Nomiades sehrus to the species captured 

 near Menton in May, 1917. In 1917 I began to collect at 

 Amelie-les-Bains on June 11th, and collected until June 23rd, 

 when I went to La Preste, where I collected from June 25th to 

 August 6th, with the exception of a few days at Camprodon in 

 July, where I caught Everes argiades, a butterfly which has been 

 said not to exist in Spain. I resumed at Amelie-les-Bains on 

 August 7th, and ceased to collect on August 18tb. This year 

 (1918) I collected a few examples at Amelie-les-Bains in May. 



Some remarks, addressed especially to elderly entomologists 

 who may visit the elevated portions of this district, may not be 

 out of place here. About the middle of July, 1917, 1 accompanied 

 two Spanish muleteers, who were returning with three mules 

 from Prats-de-Mollo to Camprodon. The route followed was 

 across the Col Pregon (5365 ft.), which I had ascended several 

 times on foot as far as the Franco- Spanish frontier looking for 

 Erebice, which I obtained, and for Colias phicomojie, which I 

 neither obtained nor saw. E. antiopa was very plentiful near 

 the summit of the col on the Spanish side. My ride was by no 

 means a pleasant one, for the gait of a tall, lanky mule resembles 

 that of a camel, and a sheepskin pack-saddle is an uncomfortable 

 seat. After leaving Mollo we were overtaken by rain, which fell 

 in torrents, and continued until we reached Camprodon. These 



