AMONG THE BUTTERFLIES IN CORSICA. 259 



in a locality widely distant from the native habitat. It is also 

 remarkable that this curious form should almost simultaneously 

 become comparatively common in Heligoland and York. 



An analogous form of S. menthastri, figured by Curtis in 

 1825, under the name walkeri, bears a very strong resemblance 

 to S. lubricipeda var. zatima ; it occurs in Scotland, and more 

 rarely in Yorkshire. Mr. Porritt has bred examples of S. mendica, 

 which he states are " more streaked or 'radiated' than any radiata 

 or ivalkeri" that he had ever seen. There is an excellent plate of 

 these and other varieties of S. mendica in the ' Transactions of 

 the Entomological Society' for 1889. 



In the illustration at the head of these remarks, fig. 1 repre- 

 sents a form of S. luhr'icipeda intermediate between var. zatima 

 and the type ; and fig. 2 agrees exactly with var. deschangei, 

 Depuiset. For the loan of these specimens I am indebted to 

 Mr. J. H. Leech, who has a splendid series of zatima, comprising 

 all the various modifications of the form. 



AMONG THE BUTTEEFLIES IN COESIOA. 

 By E. S. Standen, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



(Concluded from p. 238.) 



CoRTB, a highly picturesque old town, domineered by a large 

 fortress, to which we paid a visit of two days, appeared to be a 

 fine centre for collecting. Jones created quite a panic there 

 amongst Argynnis pandora ; he also took a specimen each of the 

 rare A. elisa and Satyrus neomyris, whilst I was braving the 

 authorities and sketching the fort. Two fine streams, the 

 Tavignano and Eestonica, flow down from the hills behind the 

 town and out into the extensive plain in front of it, and it was 

 along the narrow margin of these streams, where the bramble and 

 various aromatic shrubs and plants strive hard for a foothold on 

 the rocky banks, that insect-life abounded most. Bocognano, six 

 miles from Vizzavona in the direction of Ajaccio, was also a good 

 locality, and the abode for the time of Dr. and Mrs. Trotter, whose 

 open-handed hospitality on our rather frequent visits will be long 

 remembered. 



This village was the home of the two most famous bandits of 

 modern times, Antoine and Jacques Bellacoscia. The former is 

 stated, in the guide-books, to have committed nine murders, and 

 his brother seventeen. Commencing with one death in satisfac- 

 tion of the family honour, the outlaw flies to the hills ; subsequent 

 murders are never committed, they say, except in self-defence, 

 and gendarmes, therefore, have been the most frequent victims. 

 Antoine, after forty-six years of hiding in caves, obtained his 



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