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and therefore results less good, chiefly P. napi, P. rapae, A. sylvamis, 

 A. nrticae, E. jurtina, and a large dragonfly I cannot name, together 

 with some interesting Diptera. - The males of Melanargia galathea 

 were fresh on the wing yesterday near here in the Foret d'Hardelot, 

 reached from here by tram. 



July 10th. — I took the tram from Boulogne post office to Pont-de- 

 Briques, thence by another tram to Pre Catalan, which is in the Foret 

 d'Hardelot. There is a restaurant at Pre Catalah. The woods being 

 high up, insect life was not very abundant, but I put up a Engonia 

 2oolychloros, two Argynnu aglaia females, males and females of Aphan- 

 topns hjperantm, a female of H. sylvamis, males of Adopaea flava 

 [thaunias), besides males and females of Pieris rapae ; and P. napi was 

 flying plentifully, together with the six-spot burnet moth Zygaena filir 

 jMndnlae. Dragonflies were more numerous than Lepidoptera, owing 

 to the abundance of water in lakes, ponds, and rivers in the vicinity. 

 The weather was sufficiently fine. I forgot to mention I saw one 

 female of Melanargia galathea flying among the ferns, together with a 

 few Epinephele jurtina. The Lycaenidae were entirely absent to-day. 

 It is'in this locality also, I understand, that M. cinxia occurs rather 

 plentifully in the spring in the end of May and early June. 



July 14th. — A very quiet " 14th of July " to-day in France in war 

 time. Last evening I went out with my net " dusking " after dinner, 

 but the result was not great. I got a good Habrosyne derasa, a speci- 

 men of Alucita pentadactyla ; Eurrhypara urticata, Spilosoma luhriei- 

 peda, besides seeing the " swallow-tail moth " Ourapteryx sariibucaria, 

 and the " brimstone moth" Opisthograptis luteolata on the wing. 



July 17th. — To-day I took a tram, which leaves the Boulogne post 

 office every half hour for Pont-de-Briques. After half-an-hour's run I 

 reached the village, and crossing the railway I continued along the 

 Hardelot Road for some distance, but taking the first fork to the left, I 

 left the Hardelot Road and continued past some factories and mills 

 until you see a level railway crossing on the left. Then, after crossing 

 this, you take the path to the right, which is the commencement of a 

 long stretch of collecting country, probably the best near Boulogne, 

 parallel to the railway and the river, and between them. The day was 

 hot, and suitable for collecting. Fresh Aglais nrticae were out, also 

 the males of the summer form of Fiumicia phlaeas, a darker form 

 than the prevailing one in England. Epinephele tithonus, males, fresh 

 out, flitted along the bramble hedges, and by the river bank the dragon- 

 flies, Calopteryx virgo, the males with dark blue wings and the females with 

 yellowish-green wings, added to the beauty of the scene. Adopaea iiava 

 {thatinias) is now abundant in the grassy patches which have escaped 

 the reapers, and P. rapae and P. napi are swarming. After some miles 

 walk I crossed the river, and continuing past a farm, gained a road to 

 the left. Bearing back toward Pont-de-Briques on this road, and 

 taking the first turn on the right, I regained the high road to S. 

 Leonard. At this point, immediately across, I found a steep grassy 

 bank below corn fields, where the males of M. galathea were in 

 abundance, and very similar to our English form. Aitgiades sylvamis, a,nd 

 A. flava {thaumas) were frequent here. During this afternoon's ex- 

 pedition I probably covered the best ground for Lepidoptera nearest to- 

 Boulogne, which I shall certainly revisit if possible. 



July 21st. — To-day, starting to collect on the same grassy bank 



