Note 35 — Chapter XII · IBEX-SHOOTING IN SPAIN.

From big game to butterflies is a far cry; yet, on the chance of having some entomological readers, we may mention the following Rhodopalocera observed in these Central Spanish sierras: On the wooded slopes and among the scrub, the speckled wood (Ægeria) and a large wall (? sp.) were common; so also was a small species of azure blue. A single orange-tip (Cardamines) was observed, and several of the handsome Melanargia sillius. A very small copper was perhaps Polyommatus virgaureæ, var. Miegii, Vogel, and of the clouded yellows, Colias phicomone, E., higher, and C. edusa and hyale, lower, were also observed. On the heights was a small orange-, or chestnut-coloured insect, very active, and quite unknown to us. A hairstreak (? Theckla roboris) and L. sinapis occurred in the lower woods, where the brilliant Gonopterix Cleopatra was also seen, as well as one or two examples of a large and very handsome insect, apparently of the Limenitis group—chequered black-and-white, probably L. Camilla, F. One should, however, be a specialist to identify these exotic species.