The Entomologist's record and journal of variation . y, the Bois de Finges(Pfynwald), where Frl. de Rougemeont is reported to have obtained the 268 ENTOMOLOGIST^ RECORD, VOL. 77 15/XII/65 larva plentifully, and secondly the locality near Leuk already men-tioned. At the former I found absolutely no Lithophane, nor was I sur-prised, as J. sabina did not grow there, as far as I could see after repeatedsearches of different parts of this beautiful forest (M. Rehfous confirmsthis!). But at the latter, , the pine-covered hills east of Leuk Stadt,nine examples of L. leautieri sabinae came to my c
The Entomologist's record and journal of variation . y, the Bois de Finges(Pfynwald), where Frl. de Rougemeont is reported to have obtained the 268 ENTOMOLOGIST^ RECORD, VOL. 77 15/XII/65 larva plentifully, and secondly the locality near Leuk already men-tioned. At the former I found absolutely no Lithophane, nor was I sur-prised, as J. sabina did not grow there, as far as I could see after repeatedsearches of different parts of this beautiful forest (M. Rehfous confirmsthis!). But at the latter, , the pine-covered hills east of Leuk Stadt,nine examples of L. leautieri sabinae came to my car-lights in the courseof a halt of about 45 minutes between 7 and 8 , together with suchspecies as Ammoconia caecimacula, Thera juniperata and firmata, andChloroclysta citrata. But nothing came to the sugar, perhaps because ofthe many flowers still blooming there despite the late season. The skywas completely covered over and it was a calm pleasant evening, after adull day of foehn (south wind). The average span of the sabinae serieswas 39 Sketch of biotype of L. I. sabinae, showing in right foreground two speciesof juniper:—J. communis (upright bush) and J. sabina (horizontal bush).In background, Rhone valley and Illhorn; the Bois de Finges begins on thelower slopes of the latter, and lies on the left (far) bank of the Rhone. My experiences have thus convinced me that it is useless to look forL. I. sabinae in places where J. sabina does not grow. Its absence fromsome of the localities where the moth was previously reported thereforeraises problems. Have the biotopes radically changed in the interven-ing years, or were the records erroneous? They are listed by Vorbrodtin Vol. 1, p. 394. By modern standards the name Pfynwald cannot applyto the locality at Leuk Stadt, though this is not far away, but it is possiblethat Frl. de Rougemont so applied it, and that this explains the problemin that case. In the case of the Follaterres and Branson records (J. sabinadoes not
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