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rose-flushed rhododendron, and in delicate contrast the hollows 
would be alight with the delicate late lilac of the cranesbill, or 
with golden arnica daisies, deep purple asters, and blue cam- 
panulas. The cranesbills were especially attractive to males 
and females alike of C. hippothoé var. eurybia, and of course to 
Polyommatus eumedon. Hesperiids were few and far between— 
Hesperia alveus, H. serratule, and Pyrgus sao. The Coliads 
were represented by C. phicomone, which was more common 
throughout La Grave than LE. stygne. 
My other excursions were all on this side of the river. 
The most interesting and productive was unquestionably that to 
the Evariste-Chancel hut (7875 ft.), and the woods and pastures 
on the way to the open treeless grass slopes which constitute the 
approaches to the neighbourhood of Lac Noir. The walk-up on 
July 15th was made under a tropical sun, which unfortunately 
withdrew altogether towards noon when I was on the rocks that 
encircle the grim lakelet, where, even thus late in the season, 
the ice was only now breaking up. Added to a cloudy sky, a 
furious wind began to blow, precursor of the evening’s terrific 
thunderstorm. In the meadows on the outskirts of the lower 
woods Brenthis ino occurred in some numbers, and it was at a 
streamlet here that I surprised a dozen freshly emerged male 
Argynnis aglaia crowded on a patch of sand not larger than my 
hand. Everywhere from La Grave to the limit of the forest 
region Parasemia plantaginis was also in great force, but at first 
I failed to spot the variety hospita, common from about 6500 ft., 
and even more so at Le Lauteret. From the grass I netted 
several worn H. malvoides—the first record of this species here- 
abouts ; and, as soon as I had quitted the larch belt, H. cacalie 
put in an appearance. The bare mountain-side yielded only 
occasional ragged females of Pontia callidice, H. gorge, and more 
abundant EH. lappona. B. pales was extremely rare, but the 
later part of the day was against collecting. I was more 
fortunate on the 18th when I returned to the same ground below 
the rocks, and though the wind, which marred all collecting for 
the next week, never dropped, butterflies were not unplentiful in 
sheltered places. 
The presence of H. cacalie, of which this day I saw many 
examples, but could capture few good specimens, had inspired 
me with hopes of the rare H. andromeda. I had evidently over- 
looked it on the 15th, for directly I passed the tree line to where 
a spring of excellent water crosses the path, I encountered 
several. The males were not worth boxing, being in poor plight; 
of the females I took three perfect examples, and missed as 
many more, liberating at least half-a-dozen of both sexes. 
Some doubt apparently having existed as to the specific identity 
of these two skippers, I may state that in Dauphiny, at any 
rate, their habits are quite unlike. Andromede prefers to 
