36 BUTTERFLIES OF THE RIVIERA 



HABITAT. " Vall6e de Lantosque ; pentes meridio- 

 nales qui y aboutissent. Ch." Mil. 



Jb. Astrarclie. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. April to October, there 

 being a succession of broods in the year. 



The individuals of the spring brood are larger and 

 lighter than those of the later ones. 



HABITAT. Vallon Obscur, Nice ; Saint-Martin- 

 V6subie, and other places. 



OVUM. Greenish white, changing in ten days to 

 pure white, and having on its upper side a large 

 kidney-shaped hole after the escape of the young 

 larva. These eggs are laid on the under-side of the 

 leaf of the food-plant ; and are found in August. 

 Adapted from The Natural History of British Butter- 

 flies, by Edward Newman F. L. S., F. Z. S., p. 124. 



LARVA. On Erodium cicutarium (Stork- bill). 



PUPA. Spun up among the leaves of Erodium and 

 Artemesia. 



VARIETY. v. Allous. 



A varietal form of the summer brood. 



L. Icarus. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. From May to September. 



There are several broods in the year . 



HABITAT. Very common everywhere. 



OVUM. The eggs, which are round, smooth, and 

 considerably flattened at the extremities, are pale 

 bluish-green in colour. 



They are laid on the buds of the food-plant. 



I took a number of ova on a plant of Ononis spinosa, 

 (Hest-Harrow), on August 1 st 1891. 



