﻿RHOPALOCERA Af DI&NE. 79 



Between June 9th and July 2nd I caught the following butter- 

 flies : — 



Papilio alexanor. — Common all round the town. 



Parnassius apollo. — Near the Baths ; not plentiful. 



Thais rumina, var. medesicaste. — Common at the Baths, and 

 in a little gorge running up into the ridge of limestone rocks 

 behind the town. 



Euchloe belia, var. ausonia. — Common on the limestone 

 ridges. E. tagis, var. bellezina (nearly over). — On the Dourbes. 



Leucophasia sinapis, var. lathyri. — Generally common. 



Thecla ilicis, vars. cerri and cesculi. — Common. 



Lyccena iolas (nearly over). — Two only, near the Baths. 



Erebia evias and E. epistygne. — On the Dourbes. 



Coenonympha dorus. — Common. 



Spilothyrus lavaterce. — Common. 



Argynnis adippe, var. cleodoxa. — Common. A. daphne.— 

 Common. 



Between July 11th and 16th, at Digne, I took the following : — 



Thecla roboris. — Plenty about the oak trees in the little gorge 

 running into the back of the "town rocks," all, however, a good 

 deal worn, and had evidently been out some days. This rare 

 insect probably flies for a very short time, as it was certainly not 

 on the wing before July 1st. I scarcely found any after July 12th. 



Lyccena meleager. — Very common. L. admetus, var. ripperti. 

 — Common on lavender blossoms. 



Libythea celtis. — Not uncommon (partial to clematis). 



Vanessa egea. — Plentiful. 



Parnassius mnemosyne. — Common at the foot of the precipice 

 of the Dourbes. 



Satyrus circe and S. briseis. — Very common. S.fidia. — Just 

 coming out on the last day I had at Digne. 



Melanargia galatea, var. leucomelas. — One only. 



Syrichthus carthami. — Common. S. alveus. — Common. I also 

 took a remarkable var., I think of 8. alveus, in which the under 

 side of the hind wings is brilliant red-brown — a bright shade of 

 burnt sienna. 



Erebia ligea. — In the forest on the side of the Dourbes. E. 

 glacialis, var. pluto. — On the Dourbes. Had I remained a few 

 days longer I should have taken E. scipio in plenty on the 

 Dourbes. I got a good series of this handsome insect a week 

 later, in Dauphine. Melanargia iapygia, var. cleanthe is common 

 at Digne in the month of August. 



Besides these butterflies I took a good many beautiful species 

 of Heterocera, but these I have not yet named. I failed to find 

 the rare Clostera alpina, which is frequently met with on poplar 

 trunks near the town. 



Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Glamorganshire. 



