LYOENID.E 33 



HABITAT. Nice, in the Vallon Obscur, Vallon des 

 Fleurs, and the Valley of the Mantega ; it occurs 

 also at Saint-Martin- Vesubie on the high-road, though 

 less abundantly than at the coast. 



On September 24 th 1889,1 took six ragged specimens, 

 all males, in the Vallon Obscur. 



They were hovering over a bramble bush. They 

 seem to have a partiality for dry torrent beds, settling 

 on a large yellow composite, Inula graveolens which 

 grows in these kind of spots. 



The females are much scarcer than the males. 



LARVA. On Lythrum salicaria (Purple loose- 

 strife), on the flowers of which it feeds ; also on 

 Calluna (Ling), and probably several other low-growing 

 plants, in August and September. 



Li. Aegoii. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. May to August. 



HABITAT. Saint-Martin-Vesubie, &c., where it is 

 common. 



OVUM, In form circular ; white " flattened and 

 depressed in the centre both above and below, ribbed 

 and beaded boldly at the sides, and from thence more 

 finely by degrees to the centre. 



The egg does not change colour, but retains its 

 pure dead-white appearance even after the exit of the 

 caterpillar ; a small hole, showing like a black spot 

 on the side of the shell, alone betraying the escape of 

 the little creature." C. G. Barrett, in Newman's 

 British Batter/lies., volume I., page 119. 



LARVA. On Genista, Vicia, and Colutea. Milliere 

 a tates Ulex ; in May and June. 



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