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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  Zeller 
  says 
  that, 
  in 
  Posen, 
  it 
  commences 
  to 
  fly 
  after 
  mid-June, 
  and 
  is 
  

   at 
  its 
  maximum 
  in 
  early 
  July, 
  disappearing 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  ; 
  

   belated 
  examples, 
  however, 
  occur 
  later, 
  even 
  into 
  September, 
  and, 
  on 
  

   October 
  2nd, 
  a 
  single 
  worn 
  example 
  was 
  captured, 
  probably 
  from 
  an 
  

   egg 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  In 
  Germany, 
  it 
  was 
  just 
  appearing 
  June 
  19th, 
  1869, 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  July 
  11th, 
  1869, 
  at 
  Meseritz 
  (Zeller) 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  noted 
  in 
  

   July 
  in 
  Anhalt, 
  near 
  Dessau 
  (Gillmer), 
  near 
  Potsdam, 
  Berlin, 
  etc. 
  

   (Pfiitzner), 
  and 
  Frankfurt-on-Oder 
  (Kretschmer) 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  

   June 
  and 
  July, 
  in 
  Vorpomerania 
  (Paul 
  and 
  Plotz), 
  the 
  Rhine 
  

   Provinces 
  (Stollwerck), 
  in 
  Hanover 
  (Glitz), 
  in 
  Upper 
  Lusatia 
  

   (Moschler), 
  in 
  the 
  kingdom 
  of 
  Saxony 
  (Schiitze), 
  and 
  near 
  Regens- 
  

   burg 
  (Hofmann 
  and 
  Herrich-Schaffer) 
  ; 
  in 
  Wiirttemberg 
  it 
  is 
  noted 
  

   as 
  occurring 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  August 
  (Steudel 
  and 
  Hofmann), 
  and 
  near 
  

   Friedland 
  (Stange), 
  also 
  near 
  Munich 
  (Hartmann), 
  and 
  in 
  Baden 
  

   (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler) 
  ; 
  whilst 
  at 
  Wiesbaden 
  only 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  is 
  

   recorded 
  (Rossler). 
  In 
  Austria, 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  of 
  

   June 
  and 
  early 
  July, 
  in 
  Moravia 
  (Gartner) 
  ; 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vienna 
  district 
  (Mann) 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  August 
  in 
  the 
  Salzburg 
  

   (Fritsch) 
  ; 
  we 
  captured 
  it 
  between 
  August 
  5th-12th, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Cortina. 
  

   It 
  is 
  recorded 
  for 
  July 
  4th-29th 
  in 
  Scania, 
  etc. 
  (Zetterstedt) 
  ; 
  in 
  June 
  

   and 
  July, 
  and 
  even 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  September, 
  in 
  southern 
  and 
  central 
  

   Sweden 
  (Wallengren) 
  ; 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  near 
  Helsingfors 
  and 
  

   Hollola, 
  and 
  at 
  Walamo 
  on 
  July 
  23rd 
  (Tengstrom) 
  ; 
  July 
  13th- 
  

   August 
  17th, 
  1870, 
  in 
  the 
  Riga 
  district 
  (Nolcken). 
  In 
  Switzerland 
  

   it 
  occurs 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  (Frey). 
  In 
  France, 
  we 
  captured 
  the 
  

   insect 
  between 
  July 
  31st 
  and 
  August 
  5th, 
  1898, 
  at 
  Bourg 
  St. 
  Maurice 
  ; 
  

   August 
  5th-12th, 
  1896, 
  at 
  La 
  Grave 
  ; 
  June 
  23rd-30th, 
  1897, 
  in 
  the 
  

   forest 
  of 
  Fontainebleau 
  ; 
  August 
  6th-12th, 
  1902, 
  at 
  Megeve; 
  August 
  

   16th, 
  1902, 
  at 
  Chamonix 
  ; 
  August 
  8th, 
  1906, 
  at 
  Beauvezer, 
  in 
  the 
  Basses- 
  

   Alpes, 
  the 
  dates 
  suggesting 
  that 
  the 
  altitude 
  influences 
  its 
  time 
  of 
  

   appearance 
  considerably. 
  In 
  Italy, 
  also, 
  we 
  found 
  it 
  between 
  July 
  31 
  st 
  an 
  d 
  

   August 
  3rd, 
  1894, 
  at 
  Courmayeur, 
  August 
  9th-18th, 
  1901, 
  at 
  Bobbie, 
  

   and 
  August 
  20th, 
  1901, 
  at 
  Au 
  Pra. 
  In 
  Belgium 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  being 
  

   common, 
  and 
  occurring 
  in 
  June, 
  July, 
  and 
  August 
  (Crombrugghe). 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  loves 
  a 
  dry 
  sunny 
  spot, 
  and, 
  flitting 
  from 
  one 
  

   Hieracium 
  stem 
  to 
  another, 
  hangs 
  like 
  a 
  dried 
  scrap 
  from 
  the 
  stalk, 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  clings 
  with 
  its 
  front 
  legs 
  ; 
  or 
  it 
  bustles 
  busily 
  among 
  the 
  

   herbage 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  easily 
  seen 
  

   as 
  Zeller 
  would 
  suggest. 
  At 
  La 
  Grave 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  disturbed 
  

   during 
  the 
  daytime, 
  but 
  was 
  more 
  active, 
  naturally, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   afternoon 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  evening. 
  At 
  Bobbie, 
  the 
  imagines 
  could 
  

   be 
  disturbed 
  during 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  but 
  they 
  flew 
  naturally 
  later, 
  

   and 
  were 
  easily 
  put 
  up 
  as 
  one 
  walked 
  among 
  the 
  herbage 
  ; 
  at 
  

   Megeve, 
  too, 
  they 
  were 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  afternoon, 
  flying 
  

   quite 
  freely 
  between 
  5.30 
  p.m. 
  and 
  6.30 
  p.m., 
  on 
  still, 
  sunny 
  after- 
  

   noons. 
  At 
  Courmayeur, 
  Bourg 
  St. 
  Maurice, 
  Chamonix, 
  Cortina, 
  and 
  

   Au 
  Pra, 
  odd 
  specimens 
  were 
  occasionally 
  disturbed 
  as 
  one 
  walked 
  

   through 
  the 
  herbage, 
  amongst 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  no 
  doubt 
  hiding. 
  

   At 
  Fontainebleau 
  they 
  could, 
  apparently, 
  only 
  be 
  induced 
  to 
  fly 
  at 
  all 
  

   freely 
  quite 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  but 
  Zeller 
  notes 
  that, 
  at 
  Meseritz, 
  in 
  

   Posen, 
  they 
  were 
  easily 
  seen 
  and 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  twilight. 
  He 
  says 
  

   that 
  the 
  species 
  commences 
  to 
  fly 
  after 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  

   over 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July. 
  Wallengren 
  observes 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  frequently 
  

   on 
  the 
  move 
  in 
  the 
  daytime 
  than 
  most 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  

  

  