60 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
St. Martin-Vésubie, or the Ganter Bridge below Berisal, in 
mid-July ; with a far-away April vision of Hadrian’s Villa at 
Tivoli, with its winged legions ‘‘ fleeting the time carelessly as 
in Arcady.’”’ In point of numbers only, some secluded spots in 
the Chiltern Hills have provided almost as cheerful an abundance. 
Last year (1913) the Basses-Alpes were at least blessed with a 
summer of sunshine and butterflies in striking contrast to the 
melancholy conditions and the meagre bags reported from 
Switzerland and Central Europe generally. 
(To be continued.) 
SOME NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF LA SAINTE 
BAUME, VAR, 8S. FRANCE. 
By Rev. F. E. Lows, M.A., F.E.S. 
II. Tue Morus. 
TuoucHu Switzerland can never be without interest, after 
many years’ experience of it the collector begins to crave for 
new ground. If Norway does not appeal to him, he probably 
decides to explore as far south as the limits of his time and 
purse permit. This was my case in the summer of 1912—but 
—Where to go? was the question. I wisely consulted Mr. 
Rowland-Brown, to every entomologist a veritable ‘‘ Baedeker ”’ 
for France; who, after dismissing my suggestion of Thorenc— 
of which he had received no reports—proposed La Ste. Baume 
as being a centre well spoken of by French, and little known to 
English, collectors. Thither I went therefore, and spent such 
an interesting ten days that I returned again for a slightly 
longer visit this year. I had sent a selection of my 1912 cap- 
tures for identification to Mr. Prout, who is always kind enough 
to help me out of any difficulties with geometers. It was an 
unexpected pleasure to hear from him that I had fallen upon a 
very good thing, viz., Acidalia determinata. He wrote: ‘‘ You 
have some interesting forms, and 4. determinata was quite a 
surprise. I had never even seen the species until a few weeks 
ago, when Pungler very kindly sent a valuable box of Acidalids 
for my inspection . . . and included a pair of this species, one 
from Calabria and one from Taurus. Where exactly is Ste. 
Baume? It will surely be a new locality for this insect. If 
you ever visit this place again, work for a series.” Here was 
sufficient incentive, and this year my wife and I returned with 
ardour to the search, and were successful in getting together 
about thirty specimens. Perhaps it is early days to express an 
