42 BUTTERFLIES OF THE RIVIERA 



OBSERVATION, Its habit is to hover over the bushes, 

 and the tops of the trees. 



LARVA. On the flowers of Ilex (Holly), Hedera 

 (Ivy), Rhamnus (Buckthorn) and Dorycnium, in June, 

 and again in the autumn. 



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TIMES OF APPEARANCE. May to July. 

 HABITAT. Elevated hills in the neighbourhood of 

 Grasse. 



LARVA. Unknown. 



L. Minima. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. May to August. 



HABITAT. Saint-Martin-Vesubie, and many other 

 places, where it is abundant, especially near damp 

 spots and streams ; rarer at Nice ; it is also found at 

 the Cascade of the Boreon and at the Madone, near 

 Saint-Martin-Vesubie. 



OVUM. In colour glaucous ; they are reticulated, 

 and the meshes stand out in relief, rhomboidal, and 

 knotted at the junction of their angles. 



These eggs are laid singly, between the downy 

 calyces of the flower-heads of Anthyllis y &c., in June. 

 Condensed from Newman. 



LARVA. On Anthyllis vulneraria, Coronilla varia, 

 Astragalus, and several kinds of vetches, in June and 

 August. 



VARIETY. v. Lorquinii. 



Found in the same places as the type. 



It is probably a distinct species. 



OBSERVATION. Minima is very variable ; some 

 specimens, specially from Northern Europe, measuring 



