168 ON BUTTERFLY-COLLECTING IN THE ALPS. 



Theda ilicis: round bushes in the Val Anzasca. This and T. rubi 

 were the only " hairstreaks " met with. 



Polyommatus virgaurece : Val Anzasca, not numerous. P. Tiippotlwe, 

 var. eurybia : upper parts of Yal Anzasca, and near Macugnaga. P. alci- 

 phron, var. gordius: this beautiful "copper" was abundant in the Yal 

 Anzasca, flying about, and settling on, the flowers by the sides of the 

 road. The males were by far the most numerous; a few were also 

 caught at Baveno and near Briancon. P. dorilis: near Chambery, 

 Briancon, Val Anzasca, &c. ; the males commoner. The alpine form 

 (subalpina, Speyer) occurred at Macugnaga. 



Lyccena argyrotoxus (=cegori) : St. Laurent du Pont, &c., common. 

 L. argus : very common in the Val Anzasca ; also on the Col du Lautaret, 

 at Oulx, and Baveno ; most of our specimens are referable to the form 

 cegidion (Meissner). L. orion: not uncommon, flying over the road, 

 particularly where muddy, in the lower parts of the Val Anzasca, but 

 local, and generally worn. L. baton : one at Bourg d'Oisans, and a few 

 at Briancon and Macugnaga. L. eros : Oulx, and more commonly in the 

 Saas Thai, above Stalden. L. icarus, ab. icarhms : Oulx. L. eumedon : 

 Oulx, and Saas Thai, above Stalden ; nowhere common. L. escheri : 

 Chambery, near Bourg d'Oisans, Oulx, and Stalden, singly. L. Tiylas ; 

 common at Oulx, Saas Thai. L. sebrus : Col du Lautaret, Oulx, males 

 only ; we probably passed this species over as the next in many cases. 

 L. semiar.gus : common at Briancon, Oulx, &c. L. cyllarus : rather 

 common on the Col du Lautaret, and about Briancon, Baveno, and Val 

 Anzasca. L. alcon : Oulx, a few. L. arion : Col du Lautaret, Oulx, 

 Saas Thai, &c. 



Nemeobius luclna : Chambery, Val Anzasca, &c. 



Libythea celtis: I saw, and caught, a single specimen of this S. 

 European species in the Val Anzasca, below Poute Grande. This was 

 the only one seen. 



Apatura ilia, var. clytie : a single specimen of this species was seen, 

 but not secured, on the roadside near Baveno. 



Limenitis populi : a fine female near Ponte Grande ; we saw another 

 higher up the valley, but failed to catch it. L. Camilla : I caught a 

 single specimen at Oulx, the only one we saw. 



Ent. M.M. xvi. Neptis lueilla : we got two or three specimens, only in the Val Anzasca, 

 p. 259 (1880). O f this species. This must be nearly its most western habitat. 



Melitcea pTioebe : Briancon, &c., very common in the Val Auzasca. 

 M. didyma : Chambery and Val Anzasca. M. dictynna : Briancon, 

 Macugnaga. M. dejone : a few specimens at Briancon ; this species is, 

 according to Dr. Staudinger, confined to Spain and the South of France. 

 M. athalia : abundant nearly everywhere in suitable localities ; in swarms 

 in the Val Auzasca, with M. phoebe and others. M. parthenie : St. Laurent 

 du Pont. 



