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St. Martin-Vesubie, or the Ganter Bridge below Berisal, in 

 mid-July ; with a far-away April vision of Hadrian's Villa at 

 Tivoli, with its winged legions " fleeting the time carelessly as 

 in Arcady." In point of numbers only, some secluded spots in 

 the Chiltern Hills have provided almost as cheerful an abundance. 

 Last year (1913) the Basses-Alpes were at least blessed with a 

 summer of sunshine and butterflies in striking contrast to the 

 melancholy conditions and the meagre bags reported from 

 Switzerland and Central Europe generally. 



(To be continued.) 



SOME NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF LA SAINTE 

 BAUME, VAR, S. FRANCE. 



By Rev. F. E. Lowe, M.A., F.E.S. 



IL The Moths. 



Though Switzerland can never be without interest, after 

 many years' experience of it the collector begins to crave for 

 new ground. If Norway does not appeal to him, he probably 

 decides to explore as far south as the limits of his time and 

 purse permit. This was my case in the summer of 1912 — but 

 — Where to go ? was the question, I wisely consulted Mr. 

 Rowland-Brown, to every entomologist a veritable " Baedeker " 

 for France ; who, after dismissing my suggestion of Thorenc — 

 of which he had received no reports — proposed La Ste. Baume 

 as being a centre well spoken of by French, and little known to 

 EngHsh, collectors. Thither I went therefore, and spent such 

 an interesting ten days that I returned again for a slightly 

 longer visit this year. I had sent a selection of my 1912 cap- 

 tures for identification to Mr. Prout, who is always kind enough 

 to help me out of any difficulties with geometers. It was an 

 unexpected pleasure to hear from him that I had fallen upon a 

 very good thing, yi^;., Acidalia determinata. He wrote : "You 

 have some interesting forms, and A. determinata was quite a 

 surprise. I had never even seen the species until a few weeks 

 ago, when Piingler very kindly sent a valuable box of Acidalids 

 for my inspection . . . and included a pair of this species, one 

 from Calabria and one from Taurus. Where exactly is Ste. 

 Baume ? It will surely be a new locality for this insect. If 

 you ever visit this place again, work for a series." Here was 

 sufficient incentive, and this year my wife and I returned with 

 ardour to the search, and were successful in getting together 

 about thirty specimens. Perhaps it is early days to express an 



