298 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Basses-Alpes appears about the middle of July, but one can still 

 get good specimens at the beginning of August, and I took one 

 fresh female as late as August 31st on the Dormillouse Mountain 

 above Seyne at a height of 2300 metres in 1901. In 1899 I 

 found it on a barren mountain close to Alios— between that 

 village and the Cheval de Bois about July 18th, and also on the 

 rocky slojDes on the right-hand side of the Verdon, between Alios 

 and Colmars. On July 19th, 1901, I took some males in the 

 Gorge de St. Pierre, Beauvezer, on the stony slope on the left- 

 hand side going up, just before reaching the precipitous part, and 

 on July 22nd it was fairly plentiful there. Another Beauv6zer 

 locality for it is on the range to the west and north-west, on the 

 steep stony slopes with a little grass, which run up above the 

 forest limit to the precipices supporting the top of the mountains. 

 Here I took several specimens on August 3rd, some of the females 

 being very fresh still, but the males, although abundant, were 

 mostly worn. In 1906 I met with scipio on the eastern slopes 

 of the Lausson, between the Lac d'Allos and Entrevaux. The 

 date was July 30th, but I took more specimens there on August 

 4th. The ground was very bad ; masses of loose rock and 

 stones, and very steep. I think this is the only record of Erebia 

 scipio in the Alpes-Maritimes." 



The following list includes all butterflies taken or observed in 

 the Basses-Alpes between August 1st and the 20th : — 



Hesperiide^. — Carcharodus althace ; Hesperia carthami ; H. 

 alveus vsiY.fritillum, var. cirsii, Rmbr., and var. conyzce, Gu6nee ; 

 H. malv(B (Alios) ; Pyrgus proto ; P. sao ; Nisoniades tages (Alios) ; 

 Pamphila comma ; Thymelicus actcson ; T. lineola. 



Lyczenid^. — Ckrysophanus virgaurece ; C. hippothoe var. 

 euryhia ; C. alcipliron var. gordius ; C. dorilis ; C. phlceas, and ab. 

 eleus ; Cupido minima var. montana ; Nomiades semiargus ; 

 Polyommatus damon ; P. meleager, and ab. steveni ; P. corydon ; 

 P. bellargus] P. hylas ; P. escheri; P. alexis ; P. eros ; P. orbi- 

 tulus{l); P. astrarche ; P. baton; P. optilete{l); Rusticus argus, 

 L. ; R. argyrognomon ; Cyaniris argiolus ; Lampides boeticus (1) ; 

 Zephyrus quercus : Thecla spini ; T. acacice. 



Papilionid.e. — P. podalirius ; P. machaon ; Parnassius 

 apollo. 



PiEEiD^. — Aporia cratagi ; Pieris brassicce ; P. rapcB ; P. 

 napi ; Pontia callidice (Alios) ; P. daplidice ; Leptosia sinapis 

 var. chinensis, and ab. erysimi; L. duponcheli? ; Colias phicomone ; 

 C. hyale ; C. ediisa ; Goneptcryx rhamni ; G. cleopatra. 



Nymphalid^. — Dryas ptaphia', Argynnls aglaia; A. adippe ; 



A. niobe var. eris ; Issoria lathonia (Alios) ; Brenthis euphrosyne ; 



B. ino ; B. amathusia; B. dia ; B. pales, and var. arsilache; 

 Melitcea phoebe ; M. cinxia ; M. didyma ; M. deione ; M. par- 



