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form, larger than niy Swiss specimens, and darker than those I 

 have from near Digne. On the aforesaid meadow were a few 

 worn Brenthis euphrosyne, some fresh A. cratcegi, with G. rhamni, 

 P. icarus, C. hyale, I. lathonia, P. ?ncera, and P. egeria — all 

 common. 



Pieris napi was a very abundant species nearly everywhere, 

 but especially on the way up the Domogled. All the examples I 

 took were of the first brood ; the second brood, which is var. 

 napcea, had not appeared before I left. Pieris manni was also 

 common. It is perfectly distinct from the other " whites " at 

 Herkulesbad, both in its flight and in its habits. It was 

 generally to be found flying with a very Sinapis-like flight along 

 the edge of the wood, threading its way in and out of the bushes ; 

 it did not often come down to the level of the road, and is 

 entirely a woodland species. Larvae were found on a tall white 

 crucifer which grew right underneath the bushes in the wood. 



On the Coronini meadows, which are on the right bank of 

 the river below the town, on June 2nd I found several species 

 which I had not seen before. A fresh brood of Melitcea didyma 

 was common, rather small, but very red and with bold black 

 markings. Quite typical Epinephele janira were just emerging, 

 and I picked half a dozen fresh Nomiades semiargus. The flower- 

 covered banks of a small stream were alive with butterflies. 

 Some rather worn E. argus (agon) were netted and released ; 

 brilliantly fresh N. cyllarus (males) sat on the leaves of knap- 

 weed, with equally large P. icarus, while nicely marked though 

 rather small M. phoebe were common, and a single Euvanessa 

 antiopa, the only specimen I saw at Herkulesbad, sailed round 

 the willow trees planted by the edge of the stream. Climbing 

 higher to where the wood joins the meadows, I netted two 

 perfect N. aceris, but did not see much else, beyond a few fresh 

 Zygcena fdipendulce. 



(To be continued.) 



BUTTERFLY-HUNTING IN THE BALKANS. 



By A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S. 



I spent a few weeks in the summer of 1912 in the Western 

 Balkans, visiting Dalmatia, Montenegro, Herzegovina, and 

 Bosnia. Although the season there, as elsewhere, was a 

 disappointing one, and I did not see several species whose 

 acquaintance I hoped to make, and which are known to occur 

 in these countries, yet I obtained a fair number of interesting 

 butterflies, and an account of the journey may be worth writing. 

 Having crossed Europe to Trieste I went by boat down the 

 Dalmatian coast to Cattaro, from which port I travelled over 



