116 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



were C. alciphron and C. phlceas, I again penetrated into Haute 

 Saone on the 23rd July, when I explored the valley of the 

 Breuchin as far as the fashionable spa of Luxeuil-les-Bains, again 

 partly by train and partly on foot. Unfortunately, I was alone 

 on this excursion, as Mr. Barraud had to return to England on 

 July 13th. Crossing the mountains from Rupt-sur-Moselle, 

 I walked down to Correvillers, taking a very fresh Euvanessa 

 polycJdoros as I neared the village, whence I booked to Luxeuil, 

 but a tempting bit of woodland induced me to hurriedly leave 

 the train at a stopping-place. Pararge megcera was flitting in and 

 out of the bushes on the margin of the wood, and Colias edusa, 

 like a flying blossom, sailed over the more open ground. Taking 

 a forest path which appeared to lead in the right direction I soon 

 found myself lost in a maze of umbrageous ridings, where the 

 thick foliage of the beeches and oaks afforded a pleasant 

 shelter from the fierce rays of the mid-day sun, but brought no 

 game to the bag. Emerging at length on a stretch of heath 

 land I got my bearings and also a nice example of Chryso- 

 phanus dorilis, an insect with which I was to become more 

 familiar later on. Enquiring at a woodman's cottage, I was 

 shown a quick way to Luxeuil, and just before entering the town, 

 in a small meadow, three more C. dorilis were taken in company 

 with Nomiades semiargus and Polyommatus alexis. 



The very useful map of the district published by the Syndi- 

 cat d'Initiative des Vosges showed that a considerable stretch 

 of forest land was to be found in the neighbourhood of Charmes, 

 a small country town on the main line to Paris, between Epinal 

 and Nancy, so I determined to visit the spot, hoping to find 

 Apatura ilia, A. iris, and other woodland species. On the night 

 of July 13th Mr. Barraud started for home, and we travelled 

 together to Epinal which was as far as I could get that 

 night. At an early hour next morning I alighted at the 

 station at Charmes, and made for the forest, which could be 

 seen on the west of the line. Rain had fallen heavily, making 

 everything very wet, but an occasional gleam of sunshine 

 awakened the hope that despite the gale which was blowing 

 something good might be found. In an old grass-grown pit 

 outside the forest a few Everes argiades and Nomiades semiargus 

 were trodden up. Then Pieris napi and the ubiquitous Leptosia 

 sinapis were met with in a forest glade where the long wet her- 

 bage made progression very uncomfortable, but I struck the 

 railway and followed a track running between the line and the 

 woodland, where Ccenonympha arcania was discovered at rest, and 

 a batch of ova of Bomhyx ruhi was found on a leaf of wild 

 raspberry. By the time I had reached a point where the rail- 

 way crossed the high road, old Sol had temporarily gained the 

 upper hand, and a brilliant male A. iris settled on some horse- 

 droppings awakened expectations. But ii'is is a wary insect and 



