Ifi4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Polyommatus alciphron, var. gordius, taken here and there in small 

 numbers on dry, warm, stony slopes ; the males are much suffused with 

 blue ; May 10th and onwards. P. phloeas, common on sunny banks. 



Lyccena agon, occurred very sparingly on the sea-shore, near La Plage ; 

 first seen, May 20th. L. baton, first seen, April 5th ; locally common, 

 frequenting thyme flowers in old quarries; var. panoptes, also common 

 locally. L. astrarche, not very common ; first seen, April 22ud. 

 L icarus, dark in colour, fairly common over sainfoin and meadows. 

 L. corydon, occurred sparingly on lavender flowers and by road-sides; first 

 taken, May 19th. L. argiolus, common all April over shrubby growth on 

 hills. L. sebrus, single specimens here and there, commoner at Montrieux 

 near Hyeres, and Mount Coudon at beginning of May. L. semiargus, was 

 also very scarce. L. minimus, common locally, as at Mount Coudon, 

 May 12th. L. cyllanis, fairly abundant from beginning of May ; specimens 

 of males and females occurred without ocelli on under side of hind wings. 

 L. melanops, first taken, April 14th; very local on cytisus and other 

 shrubs on southern slopes ; females ten days later. 



Nemeobius lucina, occurred at beginning of May, sparingly, at 

 Montrieux, near Hyeres. 



Libythea celtis, seen two or three times ; a rarity in these parts. 



Char axes jasius, occurred in the larva state on arbutus at the beginning 

 of April. Mr. Kane, in his usually excellent ' Handbook of European 

 Butterflies,' says, p. 54, " the chief emergence is in first half of May "; 

 this is the case in the breeding-cage, but not under natural conditions. 

 Resident collectors at Hyeres tell me that it very rarely, if ever, occurs in 

 the open until the first week in June. I mention this, as Mr. Kane's 

 statement is misleading to some extent. 



Apatura ilia, aberration clytie, occurred sparingly round poplars at 

 Montrieux, near Hyeres, about May 19th. 



Limenitis caviilla, first captured, April 27th ; was fairly common in 

 sunny glades in woods, and by hedgerows ; some specimens were very large. 



Vanessa egea, was only seen twice ; it is very rare at Hyeres, but 

 common at several places on the Eastern Riviera. F. polychloros and 

 V. c-album, pretty common here and there. F. urliccB, very rarely seen. 

 F. io, common ; F. antiopa, also common ; as were F. atalanta and 

 F. cardui. 



Melitaia aurinia, var. 2^i^ovincialis, the peculiar form found here, 

 common, but very local ; settling on the handsome yellow flowers of the 

 Linwii cojnjmnulatum ; April 28th, &c. M. didyma, of unusually deep 

 colour: occurring fairly abundantly in valleys from May 10th; some 

 females of this species had very dark fore wings, reminding one strongly in 

 colour of A. paphia, var. va.lesina, the hind wings in these specimens 

 being as type. M. cinxia, the commonest butterfly here ; first seen, 

 April 7th. M. pliabe, also abundant, but more local than last insect. 

 M. parthenie, very local in warm valleys ; first seen, May 20th. 



Argynnis latona, appeared here and there from April 2nd. A. euphro- 

 syne, was of very large size and rich colour; some specimens measured 

 nearly 2| inches in expanse; first taken, April 27th. A, dia, occurred 

 sparingly from end of April. 



Melanargia syllius, taken commonly, but locally, from May 12th ; 

 specimens occurred over 2^ inches in expanse; flies over grass slopes, and 

 settles frequently. 



