340 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



which offered so fan* a chance of increasing our knowledge of 

 the western Pyrenean Khopalocera. 



Eaiix-Bonnes, July 6th-12th. — Hesperia andromedce ,- Thy- 

 melicus lineola ; Lyccena avion ; Cupido minimus ; Nomiades semi- 

 argus, Poli/ommatus corydon, P. hylas, P. icarus ; Rusticus argus ; 

 Strymon ilicis ; Papilio machaon, one or two flying round flowery 

 slopes leading up from the Plateau d'Anouilles ; Pieris rapce ,- 

 Anthocharis simplonia, an odd example or two, very worn, under 

 the Col de Lurde ; Leptosia sinapis ; Colias edusa ; Gonepteryx 

 rhamni, all examples met with of large size in both sexes, not 

 uncommon ; Issoria lathonia ,- Brenthis euphrosyne, B. dia, 

 B. ]mles, a fine bright form just coming out in the rhododendron 

 region ; Melitaa parthenie, very dark (one example) ; Pyrameis 

 cardui, P. atalanta ; Aglais iirticce, Eugonia polychloros, outskirts 

 of town ; Pararge mcera, var. adrasta, P. hiera, very worn, one 

 example under Col de Lurd6 ; P. egeria, common in the beech- 

 woods ; Cocnonympha pamphilus ; Erebia epiphron, var. cassiope, 

 and ab. nelamus, on rhododendrons, just emerging; E. stygne, 

 common generally above 4000 ft. ; E. evias, one or two rather 

 higher up than stygne ; E. lefehvrei ; E. tyndarus, var. cassi- 

 oides, just coming out ; E. lappona, var. sthennyo, all examples, 

 as in the central Pyrenees generally, referable to this variety ; 

 Melanargia galatea, below the town. Thirty-six species in all. 



I may add that on the Col de Lurd6 I encountered also, for 

 the first time, the dark little Hepialus cdticola, Obth., which is 

 about the size of H. lupidina, but of a dusky black upon a 

 somewhat yellowish black ground-colour. At rest on a grass 

 bent, it bore a striking resemblance to Nisoniades tages, and it 

 was this, no doubt, which attracted my attention to the species. 

 It seemed fairly common at this spot, but it was not until I 

 was collecting under the Pic d'Astazou a week later at Gavarnie 

 that I found it abundant, and made acquaintance with the extra- 

 ordinary grub-like apterous female. 



(To be continued.) 



SOME BEES FEOM FOEMOSA.— I. 



By T. D. a. Cockerell. 



The bees discussed below are part of the great Sauter collec- 

 tion, now in the Berlin Museum. The collections of Mr. H. Sauter 

 have added to our knowledge of the fauna of Formosa in so many 

 different groups that his name is famiHar to all students of 

 Asiatic animals. The collection of bees is rich in new species, 

 represented by long series of excellently preserved specimens, 

 but includes neither newgenera nor very peculiar representatives 

 of known genera. The Formosan bee-fauna is closely related to 



