10 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
than the type. Also in this connection, seeing that 7. esculi 
has been under discussion lately, | have two examples from 
Ste. Baume, which in dark colour almost agree with the Swiss 
form I have called pseudesculi, and might be taken for this, but. 
that the arrangements of the markings and the shorter, squarer 
tails betray 7. esculi. First females of Dryas paphia and 
G. cleopatra, July 2nd; first Argynnis adippe, July 5th; first. 
A. aglaia, July 15th; Agriades corydon, first male, July 5th—no 
more till 9th—first female, 11th. 
Of varieties, only one good thing fell in my way. On July 
8th I took a very good male Melanargia galathea, with much 
suffused wings. ‘The fore wings very dark, the upper half 
having all the white marks rendered almost invisible. It seems 
to be practically var. turcica, Boisd. And in the way of a freak 
I took an exquisite little Pyrameis cardui, which measures just. 
one and a half inches in wing expanse. This is even smaller 
than some dwarf specimens of P. atalanta reported in the ‘ Ento- 
mologist,’ antea, p. 124, and p. 150. 
To turn to the moths. Of course, I went after my old 
attraction Acidalia determinata, and had good success. I found 
that this species is to be had best at dusk, except for the trouble- 
of distinguishing it in the net from one or two of its congeners. 
Light as usual produced some nice things. Dendrolimus pini, 
two males. This was interesting, as I found that D. pint here 
is the type, and those which I have bred from larve taken in the 
Swiss Pfynwald are var. montana. The difference is striking. In 
the type the whole of the upper wings are practically grey, with 
a subterminal band marked out with zigzag lines, with a 
suggestion only of rust suffusion. In var. montana the base of 
the fore wings is strongly stained with rust colour, and the band 
entirely filled with the same; the hind wings are also more 
ruddy. Another night I got a lovely Spatalia argentina, and on 
June 80th three grand Smerinthus querciis literally forced their 
way through the muslin curtains into the bedroom. The next 
day another came in the same way. After that we saw no more. 
On July 1st I made my first trial of ‘‘ sugaring ’’—more strictly 
speaking of ‘‘ honeying,”’ for the material I employed was coarse 
honey, which, by the way, was none too cheap or easy to obtain. 
It proved very efficient. The first night produced only Mania 
maura and Grammodes algira, but as both were new to my 
Ste. Baume list, they were welcome. July 2nd brought many 
Catocala conversa; this I had taken the year before at light, but. 
among the 1914 captures are two having the fore wings nearly 
uniformly dark, and under wings somewhat suffused, apparently 
var. carbonaria or approaching it. July 3rd was cold, but I took. 
the first Dicycla oo, which afterwards became pretty common. 
July 4th, Toxocampa cracce began his visits, and on the 5th 
Catocala sponsa and C. promissa, after which they were very 
