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Pyrameis atalanta, P. cardui. Generally common. 



Vanessa antwpa. I., II., III. Bather rare. — V. io, V. urticce. 

 Generally common. — V. polychloros. I., II. Bather rare. 



Polygonia l-album. III. Very rare in the Bez Mountains. — P. 

 c-album. I., II. Common. 



Arachnia levana. I., III. Bare. 



Melitcea cinxia. II. Bare. Larvae on Veronica spicata. — M. 

 phcebe. II. Bare. — M. didyma. I., II. Common. — M. trivia. II. 

 Bare. — M. athalia. I., II., III. Common. — M. aurelia. II. Com- 

 mon. — M. dictynna. II. Bare. 



Argynnis selene, A. dia. I. Common. — A. hecate. II. Bare 

 among Spircea filipendula. — A. daphne. III. Bare in the Bez 

 Mountains. — A. latonia. I., II., III. Common. — A. aglaia, III. 

 — A. adippe. II., III. — A. paphia. III. Common. — A. laodice. 

 III. Bare. Single examples occur all over the Bez Mountains, and 

 in some of the woods at lower elevations, always in wet places. The 

 butterflies are especially fond of the blossoms of Eupatorium. Cf. 

 Entom. vol. xlii. pp. 49-54 and p. 258, 1909. 



Melanargia galatea. II. 



Erebia cethiops. III. Common. In the Bez Mountains only. 



Satyrus circe. III. Common. — S. hermione. II., III. Bare. — ■ 

 S. semele. II., III. — S. dryas. III. 



Pararge egeria, P. megcera. II. — P. mcera. II. Very rare. 



Aphantopus hyperanthus. II., III. 



Epinephele jurtina. I., II., III. Common. — E. tithonus. III. 

 Very rare. 



Coenonympha iphis. I., II., III. — G.arcania. II., III. — C.pam- 

 philus. Common everywhere. 



Heteropterus morpheas. III. Bare and disappearing. 



Adopcea lineola, A. thaumus. I., II. 



Augiades comma, A. sylvanus. I., II. 



Charcharodits lavaterce. II. Bare. — C. alcece. I. Bare. 



Hesperia sides. II. Bare. The larva probably feeds here on 

 Potentilla recta. Cf. Bovartani Lapok. vol. xv. p. 147, 1908. — 

 H. alveus. II., III. — Var. fritillum. III. — H. malvce. II., III. 



Thanoas tages. II. Common. 



CALLOPHRYS AVIS IN SOUTH FBANCE. 

 By Godfrey A. Foljambe. 



To those readers of the 'Entomologist ' to whom the study 

 of European Rhopalocera is an interest, the following notes 

 concerning this as yet comparatively little-known butterfly may 

 prove not unwelcome. 



During a temporary respite from the rigours of an English 

 spring, I found myself, towards Easter last, on the Mediter- 

 ranean coast, in the neighbourhood of a spot reputed to be the 

 haunt of Callophrys avis. An expedition thither on the first 

 suitable day seemed the obvious duty of a collector to whom the 



ENTOM. — MARCH, 1913. H 



