16 THE ENTOMOLOGIS'. 
Valley seems an unusually happy hunting-ground for both lepi- 
dopterist and coleopterist alike. Almost every flower was alive 
with species of Argynnis, e.g., A. dia, A. aglaia, A. euphrosyne ; 
Melitea, e.g., M. phoebe, M. athalia, &e.; Parnassius apollo, 
&e.; and throughout the lowlands of both this and the Rhone 
Valley a large beetle, a species of Mylabris, allied to Meloé, but 
more brilliantly coloured with orange and black, was conspicuously 
abundant. ‘The handsome burnet moth, Syntomis phegea, was 
frequent in one spot; and Satyrus hermione, though this was 
difficult to catch. Limenitis camilla, Polyommatus gordius, and 
about fifteen species of “ blues” rewarded careful research, with 
many others. I can quite understand that this locality is, in July 
aud August, a little later than the time we were there, what it is 
currently reported to be, namely, a paradise of entomological 
wealth.—J. Cosmo Mrtviti; Kersal Cottage, Prestwich, Lanca- 
shire, Nov. 27, 1882. 
Nores on Exvopra rascrarta.— Whilst spending a few days 
last Easter at Brandon, in Suffolk, I devoted some time to 
beating for pine-feeding larve, and, besides some numbers of 
Thera variata and T. firmata, procured about thirty of E. fasciaria. 
From one of these resulted, on the 18th of June, a beautiful 
example of the variety prasinaria of Hiibner, in which the ground 
colour is of a soft olive-green, the two transverse bars alone being 
tinged with red. With regard to the imago of E. fasciaria, the 
information to be obtained from books is not very full, and it 
may therefore be of advantage to record my experience of it 
during 1882. The larve beaten in April varied very much both 
in colour and size, the former ranging from bright red to dull 
green, and the latter being far from uniform, as must be evident 
from the fact that the appearance of the imagos extended from 
May 28rd to July 13th. According to my previous experience 
the latter was a fairly late date for the species, so that I was much 
surprised when, on September 20th, in the same locality, I took 
a female fasciaria at rest on a pine-trunk. When a novice in 
matters entomological, “I wasted hatefui hours” in digging for 
the pup of EH. fasciaria beneath pine trees during the winter 
months, having inferred from Newman’s account that this species 
hybernated in the pupal state. ‘“ Now,” thought I, “if this 
female lays, surely the eggs will not hatch till next spring.” And 
