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5th and 6th; it also occurred on Mont Ouargla (1714 metres) on 

 July 24th and at Sebdou, August 3rd, 4th, and 12th. I have no 

 notes of it after this." Assuming the Pyrenees and the Alps of 

 Central Europe to form largely the northern boundary of the area in 

 which the species can live all the year round, and that all districts 

 north of this are supplied by immigration, one would suspect a few 

 early immigrants to disperse themselves in July, lay their eggs and 

 produce offspring during August, September and October. It would 

 appear that almost all freshly-emerged examples seen in France, 

 Britain, Switzerland and Germany are found during this time. The 

 following notes may prove interesting: — France — Haute- Garonne, 

 May- June and again in August and September (Caradja) ; Saone-et- 

 Loire, the first fortnight of September, all smaller than those from 

 the South of France (Andre) ; Eure-et-Loir, in October, abundant 

 some years (Guenee) ; Haute-Marne, very rare, September (Frionnet) ; 

 Berry and Auvergne, June-August, sometimes common (Sand) ; August 

 and September in Doubs (Bruand) ; August in the Bordeaux district 

 (Trimoulet), etc. Our choice of the Pyrenees as the dividing line 

 would appear to be sound, for, against these occasional records from 

 the more northern parts of France, Rondou says, " June and again in 

 August to October, common everywhere from the lowest regions to 

 2800 metres, throughout the Hautes- Pyrenees." The following 

 incidental dates of .captures north of this dividing line are interesting 

 — many in August, 1847, also two November 17th, 1847, from same 

 batch of pupae, at Chartres (Bellier de la Chavignerie) ; August 

 13th and October 6th, 1879, at Hottingen (Snell) ; September 

 7th, 1887, at Etretat, in Normandy (A. M. Reid) ; September 15th, 

 1892, a male, in Guernsey (Lowe) ; August 18th-24th, 1893, 

 below Follaterre (Favre) ; October 3rd, 1898, at St. Triphon (Fison). 

 First noticed July 19th, 1899, at Val Andre in the Cotes du Nord 

 (Turner) ; then observed August 23rd, 1899, at Fontainebleau (Tutt) ; 

 August 19th, 31st, 1899, at Sierre, August 21st, 1899, at Branson 

 (Wheeler) ; one in June and another in September, 1899, at Florissant, 

 near Geneva (Rehfous) ; September lst-15th, 1899, abundant in 

 Guernsey, more than 100 taken, after which date the wind and cold 

 weather appeared to have destroyed them (Lowe). First noticed July 

 24th, 1900, in Guernsey (Lowe) ; captured five August 22nd, 1900, 

 at Gresy-sur-Aix (Tutt) ; bred September 1st, 1900, and following 

 days from larvae taken in Guernsey during August (Baker) ; several 

 captured wild between September 1st and September 14th, 1900, in 

 Guernsey (Luff) ; many taken September 2nd- 14th, 1900, in garden 

 at Rennes (Oberthivr). August 27th, 1901, at Branson (Wheeler). 

 First observed egglaying July 19th, 1904, also others on July 21st, 

 28th and 31st, in Guernsey (Baker) ; on the wing August 1st, 1904, 

 at foot of Grand Saleve, Geneva (Tutt) ; bred September 22nd-October 

 4th, 1904, from larvae taken in August and September, in Guernsey, 

 some undersized (Baker). The notes relating to 1899, 1900 

 and 1904 are very suggestive both as to date of immigration 

 (late July) and the emergence of the progeny of these immigrants. 

 A short note of the time of appearance in some of the localities south 

 of the equator, where summer and winter are changed about should 

 be useful, e.g., Trimen states that L. boeticus is generally distributed in 



