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covered the hill slopes higher up, Satyriis dryas, Scop., was 

 abundant, the males, like great black leaves, flying about and 

 looking very conspicuous against the bright greenery whilst 

 on the wing, although inconspicuous enough when settled on 

 the leaves or ground. The larger females, with great purple- 

 centred ocelli, are distinctly paler than the males, the latter 

 varying much more in the size of their ocelli. Side by side I 

 exhibit three specimens of .S. minois, from Montreal, Canada. 

 I have examined them most carefully, and fail to find a 

 single point of difference between them. A little farther up, 

 on the broken limestone, Satyriis briseis, L., was not un- 

 common, and flew on strong and active wing. All the 

 specimens had two well-developed spots in the white trans- 

 verse band of the fore-wing, whilst a third spot, just above the 

 lower of the normal pair, varied in size from a tiny point to a 

 spot almost as large as the others. Two of the few speci- 

 mens captured have no trace of this third spot. One male 

 specimen has the white band much restricted by the fuscous 

 shading, the white being much narrowed on the fore-wings 

 and entirely clouded with greyish fuscous on the hind-wings. 

 There is a female aberration of this species described by 

 Staudinger as ' fasciis infuscatis,' and referred to the pirata of 

 Esper. It comes from * South France, Pontus, and Armenia.' 

 It would appear from my capture that pirata is in no wise 

 an entirely female form. 



"Among other interesting species captured were Erebia 

 cethiops, Esp., at a remarkably low level considering the low 

 latitude for this species. It appears strange that an insect 

 which in our insular way we associate with a high altitude or 

 high latitude should be an inhabitant of the hottest parts of 

 Southern France. I saw the same species at Bourg St. 

 Maurice. Melitcsa athalia, Rott., and M. ci?ixia, L., occurred 

 in a clover field ; probably the specimens of both were of a 

 second brood, as the first broods of both species had been 

 over in England some two months before. Argynnis dia, L., 

 A. aglaia, L., A. latona, L., and other species occurred on the 

 same ground. Epinepliele tithonus, L., E. lycaon, Rott., and 

 Pieris daplidice, L., were observed, and in a warm corner 

 several specimens of Lyccena argiades, Pall., flitted restlessly 

 about, with a local form of Pararge megmm, L., Lycczna 

 bellargus, Rott, L. corydon, Fb., L. inedon, Esp., and L. icarus, 

 Rott., were very abundant, and a second brood of Nemeobius 

 lucina, L., kept company with a number of species belonging 

 apparently to the genus Syrichthus. Many Heterocera 

 (mostly of common British species) were also observed." 



