A season's collecting in the alpes-maritimes. 37 



Moths were not abundant, nor properly worked for. My 

 list is of little account, but Psodos alticolaria is a good thing, 

 and Calpe capucina is verj^ interesting. C. optata is rare. 

 St. Etienne does not appear to be very rich in Anthrocerids. 

 I observed erythrns, piirpuralis, lonicerce, astragal(e, transalpina, 

 hilari>i,fausta, boetica, achille<e, scabiosce (ovms, dubia, Jilipendulce ? 

 and minos on the Col de Gialorgues, with Adscita staticcs, 

 Rhagades globidarice and Naclia ancilla. Other Heterocera seen 

 were ^^geria chiysidiformis, Hemaris bombi/liformis, H. titi/us, 

 Macroglossum stellataruvt. Catocalids, Catocala nupta, C. elocata, 

 with fine dark bands on the fore wings, one example of C. optata, 

 and two or three C. puetpera. Larvae of Calpe capucina were 

 taken from Thalictrum, and all emerged. I observed about 

 forty Herse convolvuli, all on telegraph posts. Other Spliingidce 

 were Sphinx ligustri, males fine and darii, one Hgloiciis pinastri, 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, Mimas tilice, Amoipha populi, Theretra 

 porcdlus, larvae, and imagines. Larvae of Z>. vespcrtilis common 

 on Epilobiuvi rosemarinifolium. Of the Arctiidce, llhyparia 

 purpurata, Arctia caja, A. fasciata, Calliuiorpha dominuUi, 

 Parasemia plantagitiia, and Sctiiia anrita, var. ramosa, red form, 

 may be mentioned ; and of other genera Levionia taraxaci, 

 Malacoxoma neustria, La>'iocainpa quercus, and Dasj/chirafascelnta. 



The following list of Geometers is, I fear, somewhat meagre, 

 and some of the species included are from memory, while the 

 identity of the several Gnophos is uncertain. Beauvezer struck 

 me as being far richer in moths of all kinds than St. Etienne, 

 where hardly anytbing came to the hotel lights. Pseudoterpna 

 pruniata , Euchloris smaragdaria, Nemoria viridata,N. palmentaria, 

 ThaUra finibrlalis, Acidaliu trilineata, A. fiave(daria, ? A. similata, 

 A. nemoraria, A. punctata, A. ornata, lUwdoatruphia vihicaria, R. 

 calabraria, Semiothisa liturata, Opistograptis cratcegata, Gnoplios 

 fiirvata, G. pullata, G. glaucinata, Psodos alticolaria, F'idonia 

 limbaria, Ematurga atomaria, Thamnonoma wauaria, T. contamin- 

 aria, Cleogene lutcaria, Liitliria sanguinaria, Ortholita limitata, 



0. moeniata, O. plambaria, 0. bipunctaria, Phasiane clatlirata, 

 very dark, Aspilates gilvaria, ? Ajilasta onoraria, Odezia atrata, 

 Anaitis prceformata, A. simplicata, ? Eucosmia certata, Trip)hosa 

 sabaudiata ?, very worn, Lygris prunata, Larentia cyanata, L. 

 verberata, L. parallelolineata, L. tristata or luctuata, L. designata, 

 Abraxas grossulariata, A. margiadta, Venilia macularia, two or 

 three forms, the pale yellow being common in the Val d'Ardon, 

 Scoria lineata {dealbata). 



Errata et Addenda. — P. 16, I. 25, for " Sertriere " read " Sestriere." P. 17, 



1. 4, delete H. fritillum, etc., and add H. androniedce, one S- Id., I. 31, for 

 " flawed" read "flamed," and in I. 39 add C. alciphronwav. tjordius, $ $ plentiful; 

 $ ? very large. P. 18, I. 34, for " none " read "some." 



