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on the steep banks of the Dora just above Pre St. Didier. We have 

 seen it on the heathy slopes between Val Tournanche and Breuil, and 

 also on the flat, in the far distant Vaudois mountains, just before the 

 final ascent to Au Pra in the Pellice Valley. Stefanelli states that it 

 abounds in the Tuscan Apennines in meadows near or close to woods, 

 whilst Cecconi notes it as common in fields and uncultivated places in 

 the second part of August at Vallombrosa. In Bucovina, in the first 

 half of June, 1892, in the rich meadows on either side of a road 

 passing through a wood, on the north side of the Cecina Mt. near 

 Czernowitz, at an altitude of about 400 m., this species was in the 

 greatest abundance, together with Celastrina argwlvs, Polyomuiatus 

 icarus, E ceres argiades, Cyaniris semiargus, Agriades bellargus, Xomiades 

 eyllarus, . and Lycaena alcon (Hormuzaki). In Bulgaria, it was 

 observed in 1899, in all the lower parts of the Bulgarian mountains, 

 up to 5000ft. (Elwes), whilst, in some moist fields in the valley of the 

 Ister, on the south-eastern slopes of the Vitoch, this species occurred 

 with Everes argiades, Polyommatus icarus, Agriades bellargus, Cyaniris 

 semiargus, Aricia astrarche, Oallophrys ritbi, Loweia dorilis, Heodes 

 thersanwn, Rumicia phlaeas, etc. It also occurred on the open ridges 

 in the woods that clothe the southern slopes of Mus Alia near Samakov 

 (Nicholl). Its Russian localities are little known; Assmuss says that 

 it occurs in the Governments of Moscow, Kaluja, and Tambov, in 

 meadows, gardens, clearings in woods, but especially on the outskirts 

 of woods. It Scandinavia, little concerning its habitats seems to be 

 recorded — it occurs on heaths (Linne), the rocky heights behind the 

 town of Christiansand (Morton), along the railway-banks between 

 Disenaen and Saeterstoen (Standen), etc. 



British localities. — Locally distributed throughout England and 

 Wales, exceedingly rare or overlooked in Scotland and Ireland.— 

 Anglesea. : near Holyhead, Llanfwrog (Freer). Argyleshire: Islay — Port Ellen 

 (W. Braunston- Jones). Berks : Mortimer, common (Crnttwell), Wokingham 

 (Horton), near Newbury (Hopson), between Reading and Burgfield (Rowland- 

 Brown). Berwick (Johnston, London's Mag., vi., 1832). Cambridge : local 

 (Bond) — Cambridge (Waters), Gamlingay (Dale). Carmarthen: near Laugharne 

 (Holmes), Llandovery (Andrews). Carnarvon: Abersoch (Arkle). Cheshire: 

 Delamere Forest, Abbotts Moss (Arkle), Whitegate Heath, local (Collins), Oakmere, 

 common (Day), Bidston Hill, formerly (Prince), Noctorum Heath near Birkenhead 

 (Sharp). Cornwall: western half — Breage, Sithney, Perranporth, Looe, Whit- 

 sand Bay (V.C.H.) ; Lizard district, very common (Marshall), Carbis Bay 

 (James), Land's End (J. E. Gardner), Newquay district, Truro (Rollason), Falmouth 

 (Reading's List). Cumberland : Keswick district, rare (Beadle). Devon: Sidmouth 

 (Majendie), Mortehoe district, Woolacombe (Longstaff), Teignmouth district 

 abundant, Little Haldon (Rogers), Torquay district (Walker), Bolt Head (Sheldon), 

 Gaddon Down near Cullompton (Angus), Woodbury near Exeter, common (Pope), 

 Salcombe, Exmouth, Milber Down, Newton Abbott (Prideaux), Bovey-Tracey, 

 Axminster, rare (Reading's List), Paignton district (Sweeting). Dorset: Parley 

 Heath, common, Blandford racecourse (Dale), Colhill near Wimborne (Stephens), 

 Portland (Sheldon), Dorchester, Weymouth (Bingham), Canford Heath near 

 Parkstone (Bromilow), Dunyeats Hill near Poole (Curtis), Isle of Purbeck, Isle of 

 Portland (Bankes^, Cranborne (Nelson), Swanage (Alderson), Blandford (Stainton), 

 Bloxworth (Cambridge). Durham: South Durham (Harrison), Darlington, very 

 common (Lang). Essex: apparently confined to Epping Forest (V. C. H.), 

 Lough ton (Burrows), Epping district, locally common (Harwood), near High Beech 

 (Argent). Glamorgan : Llantrissant, scarce (John). Gloucester: local — Clifton, 

 rare (Hudd), Durdham Down, Stapletown, scarce (Harding), Bristol (Stainton). 

 Hants: Isle of Wight — Hampstead near Yarmouth (Bond), Newport (Owen), 

 Parkhurst Forest (Pool), New Forest — Lyndhurst (Alderson), Bank (Carr), 

 Bournemouth (Raynor), Norley Wood (Guise), Ringwood (Crotch), Brocken- 

 hurst (Frohawk), Matley, Lymington, near Hordle, and the outside of 

 Ramnor Enclosure (Hawes), Portsdown Hill, Shedfield (Pearce), Farn- 



