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only half-an-inch, while others extend to an inch 

 and sometimes more. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. May to July. 



HABITAT. Saint- Martin- Vesubie, " Cascade ", 

 &c., &c., where it is common, especially in fields, and 

 near water. 



OVUM. Small, shiny, and round ; in colour they 

 are white. The $ deposits a string of eggs, freely, even 

 when impaled with the collector's pin. 



LARVA. In the flower-heads of Armeria oulgaris 

 (Z), and Anthyllis vulueraria, (As). 



JLi. Oaelestina. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. June and July. 



HABITAT. It is mentioned in Milliere's work thus : 

 " Juillet. Bords de la haute Vesubie et du Boreon." 



LARVA. Unknown. 



OBSERVATION. According to the above-quoted 

 author, Caelestina is new to the entomological fauna 

 of France. It is generally stated as occurring in 

 Turkey, and the South-East of Russia (principally 

 Sarepta). 



L. Oyllams. 



TIMES OE APPEARANCE. May, to the end of August. 



HABITAT. Nice, in the Vallon Obscur, &c., also at 

 Saint-iMartin-Vesubie, though less commonly. 



LARVA. On Medicago, Oiobrychis, and several 

 other kinds of Leguminosae, in June and July. 



VARIETY. Milliere figures a variety which has the 

 characters of Cyllarus and Melanops. 



