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side. A fairly long emergence ; not before June 28th. L. amanda, 

 a few ; only one female ; not common in any locality visited. A 

 long emergence, as I saw a fresh male on August 5th at lavender, 

 and worn individuals were observed on July 10th. 



Ciqndo minimus, in two gens. Very scarce ; a few taken for 

 comparison. C scbrus, scarce, also, in both emergences. 



Nomiades cyllarnx, almost over by June, and no second 

 emergence noted. A'', semiarfius, abundant. 



Hirsutina damon abundant with females of two forms, ash 

 colour and golden ochre, undersides bright cafc-au-lait ; two 

 with upper-sides ahuost as dark as A. ciunedon. The males 

 vary, of course, as to depth of border and brilliancy of blue 

 tinge. H. admetus var. rippertii not observed, but perhaps I 

 may find it in the valley of Pioya, where the soil is more distinctly 

 calcareous. 



Pohjommntus icarus never very common, in fact sparse, but 

 of curious tints — new blues to me. I have only three examples, 

 each different, and the most brilliant suggests in colour a 

 hybrid icarus x escheri, icarus being parent progenital. A few 

 ab. celina, Obthr. Some females of glistening blue, with 

 rich crimson-mauve reflection over a central area. One male, 

 a light blue, shot with the colour of P. eras, or perhaps 

 A^. cyllarus better describes it. I have never seen a shade like 

 it exce])t in a pale greyish-blue cjjllarus we took at Thorame 

 Haute, Basses-Alpes, in 1914. Females, varied shades of blue, 

 but not common, also " all brown." P. eras not common ; very 

 bright ; females very difficult to find. P. Jiylas, gen. rem., males 

 worn in June, but rather dusky (= ab. nigropunctata) , and neura- 

 tion strongly marked. Gen. test., larger, clearer blue, and some- 

 times a sligbt tinge of lilac. Female brown, more or less bordered 

 orange spots. I saw nothing approaching ab. metallica. P. escheri, 

 males swarming at mud, the confusion making it impossible to 

 pick out anything from the crowd ; varied in size and brilliance 

 of tone ; none very fine. Females very scarce at lavender, etc. ; 

 some with a little blue at the base, but not very brilliant orange 

 spots on the upper-side (ab. punctulata, c?). P. meleager not 

 very common ; both forms of the female very scarce. I took a 

 fresh male as late as September 6th. 



Agriades corydon : emergence began very white, and here and 

 there only. First observed July 6th. It became abundant in 

 certain localities at the end of July, and through August into 

 September, when I took a fresh male on the 14th. There are all 

 the usual forms of the male, a few with white fringes, ocellated 

 borders with pale and dark. Females very ordinary, a single 

 one showing a tendency to ab. semisyngrapha ; very few with 

 bright orange spots, although most show dull white and orange- 

 brown ocelli in the hind- wing borders on the upper- side. Male, 

 orange-spotted, ab. aurantia, Wh., of course. The first pale forms 



