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several butterflies, including a fine male Apatura iris and a large 

 number of Colias edusa flying very fast. In the evening we 

 went onto Aries, and the next day we saw Colias edusa and many 

 other insects, including Pontia daplidice. About three in the 

 afternoon we started on our first tramp, from Aries to St. Gilles. 

 The road was dusty and the heat great, but we caught a few 

 butterflies, and found very comfortable quarters at the Hotel du 

 Globe. Early the following morning we were on the road again 

 with Nimes as our objective, and a clearing by the railway, with 

 a marsh and small copse alongside, yielded our first really 

 interesting bag. From Nimes we took the train to Narbonne, 

 where serious business began. It was showery on the morning 

 of August 4th, and an occasional thunderstorm led us more 

 than once to take what shelter we could find. Passing through 

 Sigean, we made our way to La Nouvelle. On August 5th we 

 had what was probably our most uninteresting walk, but it was 

 relieved by the capture of two full-fed larvae of Saturnia pavonia- 

 major, which were walking over the dusty road, and which spun 

 up the next day. (A fine female emerged from one of these on 

 May 21st, 1921.)* We also took a very large female Papilio 

 podalirius ab. feisthamelii in perfect condition, and saw some 

 small larvaa of Papilio viachaon. Hot and dusty we reached 

 Perpignan about seven, but soon recovered after the excellent 

 dinner provided at the Hotel de la Loge. On the following day 

 we took the train to Argeles-sur-Mer, and walked along the coast 

 through Collioure, Port Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer and back 

 again — a delightful walk with grand views of mountain and sea. 

 A few butterflies, chiefly Argynnids and Melitaeas, were taken on 

 this day, and many Macroglossa stellatarum and Callimorpha 

 hera were seen among the rocks in the brilliant sunlight. On 

 August 7th we began our tramp at Le Boulou, and walked along 

 the valley of the Tech, over the Pont de Ceret, through Palalda 

 and Amelie-les-Bains to Arles-sur-Tech, where we were fortunate 

 in getting the last available room in the Hotel Glycines. On 

 this road we took our first specimens of Gonepteryx cleopatra 

 (which here as elsewhere we always saw flying in company with 

 Gonepteryx rhamni), Leptosia sinapis and Issoria lathonia; we 

 also saw Charaxes jasius flying high among the tree-tops, but we 

 could not entice him into our nets. Papilio podalirius ab. 

 feisthamelii and Papilio machaon were in profusion, but mostly in 

 rags. Though we were up betimes on August 8th our start was 

 delayed, because we could get no breakfast till the kitchen fire 

 was lighted (and theyseemed disinclined to hurry the process). 

 However, we were off before the heat of the day, and began a 

 long and arduous climb through Corsavy up to the Col de la 

 Cirere. When we were within a short distance of the iron mine 

 at Batere we were overtaken by a severe storm of thunder and 



* The other, also a female, emerged May 21st, 1922.— F. A. 0. 



