104 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LYCyENA CORYDON var. FOWLERJ, nov. 



Plate III., figs. 5 <y , 4 ? . 



By Eiohard South. 



Mr. J. H. Fowler (Entom. xxxii. 269) recorded the capture, 

 on the Dorset coast in 1899, of some forms of L. coriidou. As 

 the descriptions of these varieties did not accord with any modi- 

 fication of the species with which I was acquainted, I wrote to 

 him about them. In reply he most kindly sent me a fine series 

 for examination, and for this courtesy I am very greatly obliged 

 to him, as I am thereby enabled to have figured an exceedingly 

 interesting form of L. corydon. The male examples with orange 

 markings on the outer margin of hind wings are curious, but 

 the most striking form is that represented by figures 4 and 5 on 

 Plate III. In this form, of which there are six males and one 

 female in the series, the remarkable feature is that the border of 

 the outer margin is white instead of the usual black ; the inner 

 limit of this border is, on the fore wings, defined by a dusky 

 shade, and the black nervules break up the border into six spots ; 

 on the hind wings four or five of the white spots are centred with 

 black dots. Three other male examples and two females exhibit 

 gradations between the form figured and typical L. corydon. 



BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, 



AND IN CORSICA. 



By Henry Charles Lang, M.D., &c. 



The places collected in last year were Avignon, near the Pont 

 de Gard (one day only, June 16th) ; Digne, from June 18th to 

 23rd, and again from July 18th to 20th ; Saint Martin Vesubie, 

 from June 28th to July 7th; Corsica (Vizzavona and Bastia), 

 from July 9th to 14th ; Nice (Vallon obscur), June 25th and on 

 July 15th ; Annot, Basses-Alpes, one day, July 17th. I have 

 referred occasionally to species taken in the spring of 1898. 



PAPILlONTDiE. 



Papilio podalirius. — Generally common ; Digne, abundant on Col 

 de St. Vincent, St. Martin, Nice, Avignon. Not seen in Corsica. 



P. alexanor. — First taken at Digne, June 20th ; right bank of 

 Bleone ; afterwards, July 18th to 20th, abundant in a valley opposite 

 the thermal springs. (Some specimens very large.) Three only at 

 St. Martin. 



