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it worn at Therapia near Constantinople towards the end of June, 

 but no observer makes any suggestion of a second brood. With 

 regard to the time of its appearance in Asia we have scarcely any 

 dates, the month of July being mentioned for the Amoor district 

 by Staudinger, and for the Island of Askold by Oberthur. The 

 following dates will illustrate and supplement these observations : — 

 July, 1866, at Le Prese and Pontresina (F. B. White) ; June 28th- 

 July 3rd, 1872, at Lucca (Walker) ; July 24th-31st, 1875, at Argeles 

 in the Hautes-Pyrenees (Distant) ; June 28th- July 5th, 1878, at 

 Zermatt (Jordan) ; July 6th, 1878, in the Val Bregaglia (Elwes) ; 

 July 25th, 1878, in the Isle of Askold (Oberthur) ; between June 22nd 

 and July 11th, 1879 at Le Lautaret, Oulx and in the Saas Thai 

 (Forbes) ; June 3rd-5th, 1880, in the Visp and Saas Valleys (Jordan) ; 

 September 1st, 1882, one at Pierrefitte Nestalas at 1,665 feet above sea- 

 level (Jones) ; July 9th-llth, 1883, at Karlsbad (Becher) ; June 29th, 

 1884, at Monterfil (Oberthur) : July 21st, 1885, at Staiden (Jones) ; 

 June lst-5th, 1886, at Brunnen, end of June, 1886, at Zermatt (Jones) ; 

 June 29fch-July 11th, 1887, at Vernet, July 12th, 19th, 1887, at 

 Bagneres de Luchon, July 20th, 1887, at S. Sauveur (Elwes) ; July 

 8th, 1887, 2 s observed depositing eggs on wild thyme in Switzerland 

 (Jefferys) ; July 18th-mid- August, 1888, at Wiesbaden (Prideaux) ; a 

 fine large form June 5th, 1890, at Digne (A. H. Jones) i June 26th- 

 July 6th, 1890, at Engelberg, July 9th-15th, 1890, at Engstlen 

 (Bethune-Baker) ; July, 1891, at Boscolungo, scarce (Norris) ; imagines 

 June llth-July 1st, 1893, in the Vallon des Fleurs, Nice (Bromilow) ; 

 May lst-7th, 1894, at Digne (Jones) ; July 18th-20th, 1894, nr. the 

 Lac d'06 at Bagneres de Luchon (Nicholson) ; August 1st, 1894, at 

 Courmayeur, August 2nd, 1894, at Mont de la Saxe (Tutt) ; July, 

 1895, at Lausanne (Tutt coll.) ; beginning of July, 1895, at Kandersteg, 

 on the Gemmi Pass above Loeche, at Inden and on the Riffelalp 

 (Bath) ; July 10th-20th, 1895, in the Campiglio dist. (Lemann) ; July 

 18th, 1895 at Campiglio, July 20th, 1895 at Pejo (Chapman) ; July, 

 1896 on Monte Generosa, July, 1896, at Hospenthal, July, 1896, at 

 Andermatt (Tutt coll.) ; July 30th-August 5th, 1896, worn, on the 

 Col de Lautaret at 7 ? 000ft. elevation (Tutt) ; August 2nd, 1896, 

 between Montreux and Les Avants (Rowland-Brown) ; May 26th, 27th, 

 1899, at Veytaux (Wheeler) ; June 21st-24th, 1897, very fine between 

 Sierre and Leuk (Postans) ; June 30th, 1897, worn between Cuenca 

 and Albarracin (Nicholl) ; July lst-7th, 1897, on the hill immediately 

 behind Sepey (Wheeler) ; July 10th, 1897 at Villach, July 15th-21st, 



1897, on the Sau Alpe and Kor Alpe (Lemann) ; June 17th-25th, 



1898, at Montana, June 25th-July 4th, 1898 at Zermatt (Flemyng) ; 

 June 21st-28th, 1898, at Susa, common but worn (Row 7 land-Brown) ; 

 June 22nd, 1898, nr. Travnik, at about 4 ; 500ft., June 25th-29th, 



1898, at Jaice (Nicholl) ; July 8th, 1898, onwards at Berisal (Wheeler); 

 July 8th-19th, 1898, very common at St. Nicholas (Low T e) ; July 

 26th-28th, 1898, at Gresy-sur-Aix (Tutt) ; June 7th, 1899, at Digne, 

 (Rowland-Brown) ; June 18th, 23rd, 1899, locally abundant at Digne, 

 June 28th-July 7th, 1899, at St. Martin-Vesubie (Lang) ; June 26th, 



1899, on tbe Rilo Dagh, July 5th, 1899, on the Liva Rika, July 9th, 

 1899, near Samakol, July 15th-17th, 1899, on the hills around 

 Kostenec (Nicholl) ; June 28th, 29th, 1899, between Varzo and 

 Crevola (Lowe) ; July lst-12th, 1899, at Fusio (Chapman; July 



