226 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



similar male, having the median Hght band heavily marked 

 with broad black blotches. 



Both specimens figured above were captured at Ventnor some 

 years ago, and are now in the rich collection of Mr. A. B. Farn, 

 to whom I am indebted for the loan of them for figuring. 



F. W. Frohawk. 



July, 1896. 



AMONG THE SPKING BUTTERFLIES in the AEDENNES. 



By W. Harcourt-Bath. 



Last May I took a flying trip to the Forest of Ardennes 

 in the Belgian provinces of Namur and Luxemburg. Leaving 

 London, on Saturday morning, May 23rd, I arrived the same 

 night at Brussels, where I had to break my journey. The next day, 

 however, at about 2 p.m., found me at my first destination, the 

 picturesque and romantic little town of Dinant-sur-Meuse. Being 

 cold and dull when I arrived, I determined to postpone entomo- 

 logical operations until the following day. The whole of Monday 

 I spent in traversing the high, breezy uplands called the 

 "Famenne"— a distance of twenty miles— to Eochefort, from 

 whence in the evening I took train to Poix, situated in the 

 sheltered valley of the Lomme. The next four days were 

 occupied in exploring the Valley of Poix as far as St. Hubert, 

 and the thickly-wooded country around Grupont. The weather 

 was tolerably favourable for day work, to which I confined 

 myself. The nights and early mornings were exceedingly chilly, 

 but the days were fine, although there was upon the whole 

 perhaps more cloud than sunshine. I found vegetation rather 

 backward, which can be readily understood when I remark that 

 the mean average elevation above the sea-level of the region 

 under consideration is between 1000 and 1500 feet. At St. Hubert 

 (which the Baron de Selys informs me is a good locality for the 

 Lycsenidse) the oaks were only just in bud, while the hawthorn 

 was not yet in blossom ; and in all the higher meadows the wild 

 daffodil {Narcissus pseudo-narcissus) was still in full flower, 

 although it had disappeared from sight in the midland counties 

 of England for at least five or six weeks. As a consequence, I 

 did not find butterflies plentiful, except in the most sheltered 

 situations at the lower elevations. If I had postponed my visit 

 until a week or a fortnight later, I should have procured a longer 

 series of many species which were only just commencing to make 

 their appearance. Orthoptera were well in evidence, the field- 

 cricket {Acheta campestris) occurring in great numbers in many 

 localities, in addition to several species of field-grasshoppers m 

 the imago state, although so early in the season. 



