268 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
collector. Disappointed on this the southern side of le Lioran, 
I next experimented on the north, under and upon the well- 
wooded slopes which lead to the grassy plateau beneath the cone 
of the Puy Mary (5860 ft.). Three days in all I spent upon 
this ground, but again results were discouraging. However, 
there were rather more butterflies on the wing here when the 
furious wind permitted them to fly, and on the first occasion 
I discovered Parnassius apollo by no means uncommon, though 
unfortunately I captured but a single example worth bringing 
home, and this save in so far that it is more heavily scaled than 
my typical Swiss specimens presents no special characters. 
Indeed, nothing in Cantal I met with could be described as 
approaching a distinctive form, all the common August butter- 
flies responding accurately to their typical representatives in the 
British Islands. 
The downward road to Murat suggesting possibilities, I took 
special pains to work upon the verdant banks now thick with 
full-flavoured wild strawberries. Hrebia ligea was not rare, and 
among the few things taken here I find a single example of 
E. euryale, while lower still I spent a fruitless hour endeavouring 
to stalk the apparently magnificent Apollos haunting the sides 
of a deep and almost inaccessible ravine. Later, a day spent at 
Murat produced nothing worth record, though it is mentioned 
by Sand as a locality for H. neoridas. Higher up C. virgauree 
was also generally common, and above the hotel one morning I 
took a single perfect example of C. alciphron var. gordius, save in 
smaller size presenting no superficial difference to the common 
form of the Midi. Rumicia phleas also was rare and ordinary in 
appearance. In the roadside pastures, however, M. galatea was 
very abundant, with the common Hesperids, Pamphila comma 
and Thymelicus lineola. My Cantal catalogue, therefore, remains 
wholly incomplete, but, as indicating more fully the species to be 
met with at le Lioran, I include in the following short list some 
observations (marked *) made by M. Achille Guenée and M. Sand, 
at a time when I expect the country was more open and wild, 
and the excellent cheese of the Department, therefore, a less 
conspicuous feature at tables d’hdte all over the central and 
southern regions :— 
Hesprripm®.—Carcharodus lavatere, Murat,* Hesperia car- 
thami, H. alveus, H. serratule, H. cacahe* (2?); Pamphila 
sylvanus, P. comma; Thymelicus lineola, T’.. acteon. 
Paprtionipm.—Papilio podalirius and P. machaon (? le Lio- 
ran)*; Parnassius apollo (Murat, Sand); Aporia crategi* ; P. napi 
var. bryonie* ; Colias edusa ; Gonopteryx cleopatra, valley of the 
Alagnon, Murat.* 
Lycmnip%.—Chrysophanus virgauree, C. hippothéde, Murat,* 
C. alciphron var. gordius, C. phleas; Lycena arcas, Murat,* 
L. euphemus,* L. alcon (Vic), L. arion; Cupido sebrus, Murat* ; 
