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" It is green, inclining to olive ; the head is black 

 and retractile. There is a broad dorsal line of pink, 

 bordered on each side by a narrow stripe of light 

 yellow. In a line with the stigmata is a brilliant white 

 stripe, the stigmata themselves being whitish. 



" The ventral surface is green, but duller than the 

 back and sides ; the legs (pattes cailleuses) are 

 brown; the claspers (pattes membraneuses) are green. 



" It feeds on Thy mm vulgaris. 



" The egg is hatched when the thyme is in full 

 flower, and its growth is rapid, the pupa being -formed 

 by the first week in June. 



" The pupa is ovoid, short, and slightly tapering at 

 the extremities ; its surface is smooth, clay-coloured, 

 the wing-cases being tinged with green." Lg. But. Ear. 

 vol. I., p. 110. 



He states it as occurring at Hyeres, Cannes, and 

 other places on the Mediterranean. 



I may add that the two specimens of Baton, caught 

 in Nice, which I sent to D r Staudinger, several years 

 ago, to be correctly designated, were stated by him 

 to be the Baton type. 



Li. Lyslmon. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. July. 



HABITAT. Stated in the larger works as occurring 

 in the South of France ; but I can find no record of its 

 existence in the district, in local books on the 

 butterflies. 



LARVA. Unknown. 



L. Orl>itnlu.s. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. July. 



