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the Hesperids, from Pamphila sylvanus to Thymelicus actaeon, were 
everywhere, though the favourite attraction for this, as for other 
species, was certainly a tall umbelliferous flower, the usual, but 
by no means invariable, food-plant of Papilio alewanor. Some- 
times we would go farther afield on cycles—the Digne cycle is a 
caution—up the valley of the Bléone, where on June 7th I still found 
Huchlée euphenoides, the female as well as the male, on the wing, with 
Lycaena arion and Polyommatus hylas, but Hveres argiades var. coretas 
was practically over, judging from the one broken example I netted, 
and L. tolas as well. On June 12th a German collector, Mr. Kollmorgen, 
took L. arcas, but I never came across it myself, and the next day L. 
meleager, in all its first splendour was brought to account, together 
with a remarkable male P. corydon, in which hardly any trace of the 
black margins appeared, seemingly a connecting link between the type 
and the var. albicans of Spain. But the commonest of all insects was 
Melanargia galathea var. procida, high and low, wood and hillside, it 
occupied every acre of the land. Then Argyniis daphne put in a wel- 
come appearance by the Baths, where also I had observed Cyaniris 
argiolus flying over the clematis. S. var. serratulae, and one or two 
Spilothyrus althaeae further east swelled the number of the skippers, 
and on the walls outside the town Polygonia egea tempted frequent 
incursions into the vineyards and potato fields. Higher up Argynnis 
adippe, a monster representative, with occasional var. cleodowa, afforded 
endless opportunities of steeplechasing, and hardly less active on the 
wing was A. niobe. But, curiously enough, it was only on the last day 
of my visit that I took the two insects for which I had hitherto looked 
in vain. I had heard that one of the first places in which Papilio 
alexanor might be looked for was the valley above the bath establish- 
ment. Thither on the 18th I accordingly betook myself, and no 
sooner had I snapped up a couple of males of Coenonympha dorus from 
the damp footpath, than I saw the glorious Digne swallow-tail almost 
at my feet on a hawkweed flower. It was the only one I secured, but 
after leaving I heard from Miss Fountaine that it became more 
or less general as the time went on, and that C. dorus was as common 
ag C. arcania. My informant has also been good enough to give me 
further information with regard to P. alexanor and one or two other of 
the rarer insects which this year did not appear on the wing until late 
in June or during July, and I cannot do better than conclude with 
some quotations from her list :—Papilio alevanor: one specimen every 
day in whatever locality visited; on July 12th eight, and later, with 
another net, 32, in the locality where I first took it. Parnassius apollo: 
a very large form on La Collette, towards the end of June ; a little 
later on Les Dourbes, but not quite so fine. DP. mnemosyne: also on 
Les Dourbes a little earlier. Laesopis roboris : in four distinct localities, 
but always sparingly and very difficult to get fresh ; it occurred above 
Villard at close upon 38300ft., and was first captured on June 27th. 
Polyommatus escheri : the females became quite common later in the 
month. P. admetus var. rippertii: not common this year except on a 
spot about half way up the Coussons (8500ft.); first observed July 5th. 
Apatura ilia var. clytie: one only, taken by Mr. Kollmorgen in the 
streets of Digne, end of June. Hrebia stygne: very common on the 
Coussons and Les Dourbes ; first taken July 5th. Satyrus jfidia: in 
several localities, but never common, and hard to catch ; first seen 
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