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authority therefor. It is rather like the M. parthenie of the 
plains in general aspect. Possibly it is Tutt’s ab. obsoleta. 
Eugonia polychloros.—‘*‘ Very local, and terribly attacked by 
asmallichneumon. Of a nest of 130 larve taken quite young 
on Celtis australis, ninety-seven were infected. As micocouliers 
are very far to seek, 1 gave them cherry.” 
Polygonia egea.—‘‘ Rare now; though I understand it was 
plentiful some years ago.” 
Limenitis camilla.—-Decidedly not common. 
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APATURIDE. 
Charaxes jasius.—Abundant in the larval state some seasons. 
In this connection it is interesting to note that, though usually 
associated with Arbutus wnedo and A. andrachne, it has been 
found feeding on rose at Nice by M. Chrétien (‘ Bull. Soc. Ent. 
France,’ 1904, p. 108), and is locally abundant there also. A 
butterfly of the littoral, it has been taken as far west as Mont- 
pellier, and north-west inland at Nimes. The westward extension 
north of the Pyrenees is limited on account of the extreme 
sensibility to frost of the larva (op. cit., 1899). Attempts to 
acclimatise in the arbutus woods of the Landes, by the late 
Dr. Lafaury, of Dax, appear to have been unsuccessful. Mr. 
Powell is credited by M. Oberthur as the first to discover the 
larva of jastus in the Pyrénées-Orientales in September, 1908 ; 
but it must have been known at an earlier date to exist in the 
department, as if 1s mentioned by Carteron (‘ Causeries,’ etc., 
p- 162, 1868), as occurring at Céret. Donzel told Duponchel 
that he had once taken an example at Lyon, evidently an escape. 
There is a similar record (1886 or 1887) from Eaux-Bonnes, in 
the Basses-Pyrénées, chronicled by M. Rondou. 
LIBYTHEID. 
Libythea celtis—Very local, and scarce; a few hibernated 
individuals. Almost all the micocoulier trees have disappeared. 
SATYRIDE. 
Mr. Morris has left Cannes before the larger Satyrids are on 
the wing ; in September ‘‘ they are on their last legs, and finished 
by October.” I recall a not very battered female S. circe at 
Beaulieu, on October 9th, 1902, and coming down the Col de 
Tenda two days previous saw several worn examples. 
Erebia epistygne.—Very local, and scarce. It is worth noting, 
perhaps, that Milliere (op. cit., p. 111) records, and is probably 
the originator of the legend that this Erebia, alone of all the 
genus in Western Europe, is double brooded: ‘‘ Sur les hauteurs 
de Grasse une premiere fois en mars et une seconde en juillet.” 
Milliere, who hunted on the spot at all seasons, must surely have 
