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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  Coq-sur-Mer, 
  the 
  insect 
  formerly 
  abounded 
  on 
  the 
  sand-dunes 
  by 
  the 
  

   sea, 
  but 
  its 
  abundance 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  decreased 
  by 
  "improvements 
  " 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years. 
  Of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  East 
  Anglia, 
  Barrett 
  

   says: 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  sandy 
  'Breck' 
  region 
  from 
  

   Thetford 
  to 
  Brandon, 
  and 
  extends 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  chalky 
  

   portions 
  of 
  Norfolk 
  and 
  Suffolk. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  insect 
  frequents 
  open 
  places 
  

   among 
  low 
  herbage 
  and 
  abundant 
  wild-flowers, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   chalk 
  and 
  limestone 
  hills, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  'Breck 
  ' 
  sands, 
  

   where 
  it 
  hides 
  in 
  the 
  daytime 
  among 
  lucerne, 
  yarrow, 
  Hijpochaeris 
  

   metadata, 
  and 
  all 
  manner 
  of 
  low-growing 
  plants." 
  Webb 
  says 
  that, 
  at 
  

   Dover, 
  in 
  1889, 
  it 
  was 
  particularly 
  attached 
  to 
  one 
  hill-slope, 
  where 
  

   Hieracium 
  pilosella 
  grows 
  ; 
  and 
  South 
  observes 
  that, 
  in 
  North 
  Devon- 
  

   shire, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  lane, 
  leading 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Woody 
  Bay, 
  

   near 
  Lynmouth, 
  whilst 
  Warren 
  records 
  that, 
  at 
  Tuddenham, 
  its 
  chief 
  

   haunt 
  was 
  on 
  rough 
  ground 
  sheltered 
  by 
  broom 
  bushes, 
  among 
  which 
  

   the 
  imagines 
  were 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  mainly, 
  one 
  supposes, 
  

   because 
  they 
  obtained 
  from 
  them 
  better 
  shelter 
  when 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  at 
  

   Brandon, 
  he 
  notes 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  insect 
  on 
  the 
  allotment 
  grounds, 
  

   and 
  Rothschild 
  found 
  it 
  on 
  rough 
  ground 
  by 
  the 
  roadside 
  at 
  Tuddenham. 
  

   But 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  sea-coast 
  on 
  the 
  continent, 
  and 
  Zeller 
  

   observes 
  that 
  he 
  obtained 
  it 
  freely 
  in 
  a 
  "fallow" 
  field 
  near 
  a 
  spot 
  

   carpeted 
  with 
  Hieracium, 
  pilosella 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Meseritz, 
  and 
  

   Hering 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  of 
  Hohenkrug, 
  the 
  larvas 
  on 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  Crepis 
  tectorum. 
  In 
  Brandenburg, 
  as 
  already 
  noted, 
  the 
  species 
  

   flies 
  on 
  the 
  sandhills 
  among 
  Ononis 
  spinosa, 
  Hieracium, 
  etc. 
  (Sorhagen). 
  

   Zeller 
  says 
  (Stett. 
  Ent. 
  Ztg., 
  1878, 
  p. 
  163) 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  occurs 
  from 
  

   June 
  28th, 
  throughout 
  July, 
  at 
  Rugnux, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  amongst 
  small 
  

   fir-plantations, 
  the 
  specimens 
  generally 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  north 
  Germany. 
  

   Our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  localities 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  outside 
  Britain 
  is 
  limited. 
  

   We 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  on 
  the 
  steep 
  flowery 
  slopes 
  behind 
  the 
  

   castle 
  at 
  Hyeres, 
  in 
  late 
  April, 
  1905, 
  where 
  one 
  suspects 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   much 
  commoner 
  a 
  little 
  later, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  example 
  on 
  May 
  4th 
  at 
  

   Draguignan, 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  butterfly 
  -corner 
  on 
  the 
  Grasse 
  Road, 
  on 
  a 
  little 
  

   patch 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  wild 
  flowers, 
  just 
  inside 
  a 
  garden 
  that 
  swarmed 
  

   with 
  butterflies 
  — 
  Leptidia 
  duponcheli, 
  L. 
  sinapis, 
  JSlelitaea 
  auvinia, 
  

   M. 
  ciihvia, 
  M. 
  plwebe, 
  and 
  some 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  other 
  species. 
  At 
  St. 
  

   Michel-de-Maurienne, 
  directly 
  behind 
  the 
  village, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  

   Valloire, 
  on 
  a 
  dry 
  sandy 
  bank, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  grass 
  and 
  wild 
  

   flowers, 
  chiefly 
  Compositae, 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  uncommon 
  in 
  

   August, 
  1897. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  records, 
  although 
  our 
  experi- 
  

   ence 
  does 
  not 
  run 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  , 
  distinctly 
  a 
  mountain 
  species 
  in 
  central 
  

   Europe, 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  high 
  elevations 
  on 
  the 
  Stelvio 
  (Eppels- 
  

   heim), 
  the 
  Albula 
  (Zeller), 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  nearly 
  7000ft. 
  on 
  the 
  Alp 
  Muraigl, 
  

   near 
  Samaden 
  (Frey), 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  Macugnaga 
  (Chapman). 
  [Rebel 
  

   says 
  that, 
  in 
  Bosnia 
  and 
  Hercegovina, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  second, 
  

   smaller, 
  paler 
  generation, 
  laetus, 
  near 
  Radobolje, 
  July 
  19th, 
  1898 
  

   (Rebel), 
  and 
  Lastva, 
  August 
  20th, 
  1903) 
  (Paganetti-Hummler). 
  One 
  

   wonders 
  whether 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  true 
  laetus, 
  or 
  only 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  dista?is.] 
  Mann 
  

   notes 
  it 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  mountain-slopes 
  near 
  Brussa, 
  and 
  the 
  

   pastures 
  near 
  Spalato, 
  in 
  Dalmatia 
  ; 
  whilst 
  Caradja 
  records 
  it 
  as 
  being 
  

   found, 
  in 
  June, 
  on 
  hillsides 
  and 
  in 
  young 
  copses 
  near 
  Tultscha, 
  in 
  

   Roumania. 
  

  

  British 
  localities. 
  — 
  Exceedingly 
  local. 
  Devon 
  : 
  north 
  Devon— 
  Lyn- 
  

  

  