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pallida, but without success. As the result, however, of pairmg 

 a Knowsley type with var. nigra from the same locality, I 

 obtained a form with the terminal and subterminal lines very 

 distinct, of a deep glossy black ground without irroration, but 

 having the usual pale patches on the subterminal line of the 

 fore wings of a clear ochreous colour instead of white ; otherwise 

 as in var. nigra. 



This variety is a very striking and beautiful insect, and I 

 propose to distinguish it by the name — ochro-nigra. The 

 original parents were from Knowsley, Lancashire, and the 

 types are in my collection. 



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BUTTERFLIES AT DIGNE. 



By Gerard H. Gurney, F.E.S. 



The following list of butterflies comprises all those species 

 which I took during July and the first few days of August last 

 summer at Digne, with a few notes on the more interesting 

 species. In spite of the abnormally hot summer it was not an 

 early season, neither were insects so plentiful as might have 

 been expected. Certain well-known places and localities which 

 previously I had found teeming with butterfly-life were, for 

 some unaccountable reason, often productive of only the com- 

 monest and fewest species; for instance, the well-known gorge 

 beyond the Baths was on many days a great disappointment ; 

 however, certain rare and interesting things were taken, and I was 

 specially glad to obtain a nice series of the somewhat elusive 

 Erebia scipio. I was struck by the extremely small size of many 

 of the different forms; this may have been due to the want of rain 

 and to the drought. Towards the end of July vegetation generally 

 began to' be much burnt up, though constant rain showers in 

 the mountains kept the streams and rivers from becoming dry, 

 and in the orchards and gardens adjoining the Eaux Chaudes 

 the second crops of hay and clover were luxuriant. The heat 

 was excessive all the time, and the thunderstorms and short 

 deluges of rain which came on frequently in the evenings did 

 not last long enough to cool the air. The inhabitants all told 

 me it was an exceptionally hot summer. I was at Digne from 

 July 19th until August 2nd. 



Erynnis lavaterce. Somewhat scarce ; the few specimens taken 

 were fresh but very small. — E. alcea. — Hesperia carlmce, var. cirsii. 

 Common. — H. carthami. — Pyrgus sao. — Nisoniades tages. — Attgiades 

 sylvamis. Very abundant and fine. — Thymelicus actceon. — Adopaa 

 flava. — A. lineola. 



Heodes virgaurecB. Males were locally frequent after July 25th ; 



