348 .. THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Leucophasia sinapls, L. Abundant on the coast; scarce at Caussols 

 (3960 feet above sea-level), 



Colias hyale, L. Common everywhere ; first seen on April 24th at Nice, 

 in the Vallon des Fleurs ; also at Caussols. C. edusa, F. Abundant; it is 

 commoner than the preceding; also at 3960 feet altitude. In some speci- 

 mens the arrow-shaped spots at the hind margin of the under side of the 

 fore wings are five in number, and in others only three, in which latter 

 instance the dots only occupy half the area of the wing. I beat two larvae 

 of edusa off Medicago arborea as late as October 27th, one of which 

 measured seven-twelfths of an inch in length Ab. female helice, Hiib. 

 Occurs sparingly with the tvpe ; some beautiful female forms, intermediate 

 between the type and helice, were to be met with. 



Thecla ilicis v. cesculi, Hiib. First seen on June 30th, in the Vallon des 

 Fleurs at Nice ; also in the Val Obscur (Nice). 



Polyommatus alcipliron v. gordius, Stgr. First noticed at Vence, at a 

 height of 1100 feet above sea-level, on May 29th ; occurs sparsely up to 

 nearly 4000 feet altitude. P. phloeas, L. Generally distributed. Var. 

 eleus, F. First taken this year in our garden at Nice, on Eupatonum 

 cinnahinum (eupatory), on June 21st, and almost replacing the type during 

 the summer. I took an exaggerated form of this variety on August 7th, at 

 Caussols, in which the dark brown hind marginal border of the front wings 

 was twice as broad as in the usual eleus, and was jet-black. The copper 

 colour of all the wings, too, was of a fiery red. On the hind wings there 

 were no traces of the row of blue spots which are sometimes present uear 

 the hind margin. P. dorilis, Hufn. This insect was also met with in the 

 mountains. 



Lyc(Biia hmtica, L. Chiefly in gardens ; about a dozen examples have 

 been taken altogether during October ; last seen in our garden on October 

 28th. I have observed the species to visit the flowers of the following 

 plants, viz.. Cassia fiorihunda, Eriohotrya japonica (loquat tree), and 

 Mirabilis jalapa (marvel-of-Peru). L. telicanus, Lang. The first example 

 (a male) taken this year was caught in the Vallon des Fleurs, on June 29th, 

 where it is extremely common. In Nice it also occurs in the valley of the 

 Mantega, at Barthelemy, the Val Obscur, and in the mountains at 

 St. Martin-Vesubie at 3300 feet altitude. It also frequents gardens. 

 Telicanus swarmed on the outskirts of a disused garden at St. Maurice, 

 overgrown by a tall yellow composite [Inida graveolens), which it particu- 

 larly seems to affect. I took fresh specimens up to October 21st. The 

 species is subject to albinism. I have met with a form having some of the 

 white streaks and bands at the hind margin of the under side of the hind 

 wings confluent, thus forming a continuous white band. Another variety 

 has the tails about half the normal size, and with the white tips intact. 

 One example I took had one of the tails of the normal size, while the other 

 was about half the size. L. cegon, Schu. Rare at a height of nearly 4000 

 feet, but common in many spots at a lower elevation. L. orion, Pallas. 

 First observed at Vence on May 29th last; also at Levens and the gorge 

 de St. Andre near Nice. L. astrarche, Bgstr. Not uncommon. L. icarus, 

 Rott. Abundant everywhere. Ab. icarinus, Scriba. Occurs with the type, 

 but is somewhat scarcer; it seemed quite common at Caussols to the 

 north of Grasse, and I got a good series. Ab. ccerulea, Bon. The true 

 variety appears rather scarce, but individuals passing to the ab. ccerulea 

 are by no means rare. L. escheri, Hiib. Nice, &c., and in the mountains 

 up to 3300 feet elevation ; first taken in the Val Obscur (Nice) by my . 



