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collector. Disappointed on this the southern side of le Lioran, 

 I next experimented on the north, under and upon the well- 

 wooded slopes which lead to the grassy plateau beneath the cone 

 of the Puy Mary (5860 ft.). Three days in all I spent upon 

 this ground, but again results were discouraging. However, 

 there were rather more butterflies on the wing here when the 

 furious wind permitted them to fly, and on the first occasion 

 I discovered Parnassius apollo by no means uncommon, though 

 unfortunately I captured but a single example worth bringing 

 home, and this save in so far that it is more heavily scaled than 

 my typical Swiss specimens presents no special characters. 

 Indeed, nothing in Cantal I met with could be described as 

 approaching a distinctive form, all the common August butter- 

 flies responding accurately to their typical representatives in the 

 British Islands. 



The downward road to Murat suggesting possibilities, I took 

 special pains to work upon the verdant banks now thick with 

 full-flavoured wild strawberries. Erehia ligea was not rare, and 

 among the few things taken here I find a single example of 

 E. euryale, while lower still I spent a fruitless hour endeavouring 

 to stalk the apparently magnificent Apollos haunting the sides 

 of a deep and almost inaccessible ravine. Later, a day spent at 

 Murat produced nothing worth record, though it is mentioned 

 by Sand as a locality for E. neoridas. Higher up C. virgaw'ecs 

 was also generally common, and above the hotel one morning I 

 took a single perfect example of C. alciphron var. gordius, save in 

 smaller size presenting no superficial difference to the common 

 form of the Midi. Kumicia phlceas also was rare and ordinary in 

 appearance. In the roadside pastures, however, M. galatea was 

 very abundant, with the common Hesperids, Pamphila comma 

 and Thymelicus lineola. My Cantal catalogue, therefore, remains 

 wholly incomplete, but, as indicating more fully the species to be 

 met with at le Lioran, I include in the following short list some 

 observations (marked *) made by M. Achille Guen6e and M. Sand, 

 at a time when I expect the country was more open and wild, 

 and the excellent cheese of the Department, therefore, a less 

 conspicuous feature at tables dlwte all over the central and 

 southern regions : — 



Hesperiid^s:. — CarcJiarodus lavaterce, Murat,* Hesperia car- 

 thami, H. alveus, H. serratidce, H. cacalics * (? ?) ; Pamphila 

 sylvanus, P. comma; Thymelicus lineola, T. actceon. 



Papilionid^. — Papilio podalirius and P. machaon (? le Lio- 

 ran)* ; Parnassius apollo (Murat, Sand) ; Aporia cratcegi* ; P. napi 

 var. bryonies* ; Colias ediisa ; Gonopteryx cleopatra, valley of the 

 Alagnon, Murat.* 



LYCiENiD^E. — Chrysophanus virgaurece, C. hippothoe, Murat,* 

 C. alciphron var. gordius, C. phlceas ; Lyccena areas, Murat,* 

 L. euphemus,* L. alcon (Vic), L. arion ; Cupido sebrus, Murat* ; 



