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be taken in places where the ArlstolocJila Plstolochla 

 grows ; for instance, in the Esterel, and at Duranus. 

 If you are not afraid of sunstroke, you may easily 

 supply yourself and your friends with the dazzling 

 P. Gcrdlus, and many another Butterfly which would 

 seem to have strayed from the tropics. The Looking- 

 glass Skipper (Cydopides Morpheus] is reported from 

 Berthemont. The great hairy larvse of Laslocampa 

 Pini feed on the Cypress trees of the Nice chateau. 

 The cocoons are spun up in the twigs of these same 

 trees within easy reach, and are plentiful enough, but 

 it requires sharp eyes to see them. Plumlstrarla 

 swarms among the pines on a certain date not easy to 

 hit off. The smooth, fat caterpillars of D. Vesper - 

 tilio may be picked off the Epilobe. I have often 

 watched the Striped Hawk Moth (S. Lwornlca) 

 laying eggs on the flowers of Dock (Rumex). This 

 is not mentioned among its food plants. A number 

 of small larvae may be beaten off such plants as the 

 shrubby Dorycnium. 



At Alassio, Mr. G. H. Bryan found the following 

 just beginning to come out about the 1st of April : 

 Machaon, Podallrlus, Bella, Cleopatra, Egeria (con- 

 tinental form), Baton, Alcece, Pamphllus (pale var.). 

 Edusa and Megcera were abundant. At Mentone a 

 week later the same entomologist found Daplidice, 

 Rubi, Melanops, Arglolus, Phlceas (dark var.), Sinapis 

 (with vars.), Egea (on old walls), Euphenoldes, Orion, 

 Icarus, Alveus, Hyale. At Hyeres, in the third week 

 in April, he found Ballus (fairly common), Melitcea 

 Clnxla (emerging), Bella (also fresh, with var. 

 Ausonla), Cardamlnes, Hellce, Illcls, Astrarche, Sao, 

 Antlopa (hibernated), Polychloros (also hibernated), 



