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Gems-grube above Heiligenblut. Its flight is wavering and unsteady ; 

 a few paces from the spot where it rose, it darts down again among 

 the herbage, so that it is often difficult to find it again. July is its 

 time of appearance. H. tyndarus ; every excursion in the higher 

 grounds afforded this butterfly in plenty. I found at the Gems-grube 

 a handsome variety with a silvery- white gloss over the entire lower 

 surface. H. davus, pamphilus, iphis, hero, arcania*. H. satyr ion ; this 

 pretty species was abundant over the meadows of the Pasterze and 

 the Pfandlscharte. Season August. 



Lyccena arion, alcon, euphemus, erebus, cyllarus, acis, argiolus, da- 

 mon, alsus*. L. pkeretes, solely, and sparingly, on the most elevated 

 meadows above Heiligenblut, before the turn of the road round the 

 mountain ; early in August. L. daphnis*. L. corydon, I found in the 

 valley towards Rauris at an elevation of 4000 to 5000 feet. All the 

 specimens were of the variety in which the colouring of the under- 

 side is dull, as in the var. ixora of H. syllius. L. dorylas*, I found 

 perfectly fresh specimens after the middle of August, on a mountain 

 meadow lying 5000 feet high. L. adonis, icarius, alexis*. L. eros, 

 orbitulus ; both species in tolerable plenty on the meadows through 

 which the road to the Pasterze passes. L. agestis, eumedon, argus, 

 agon, amyntas, polysperchon, hylas, battus, chryseis*. L. eurybia, in the 

 elevated meadows on the hither side of the turn of the road mentioned 

 before ; also above the Platte, but is rare. August. L. virgaurece, 

 phloeas, lucina, rubi, quercus, spini, ilicis, w-album, pruni, betulce**. 



Papilio podalirius*, P. machaon**. 



Doritis apollo**, throughout the summer, in the environs of Salz- 

 burg, in the valleys of the Salzach and the Moell. D. delius, only 

 among the alps. In the Pfandlscharte hard by the glacier of Heili- 

 genblut, and on the Rauris-fell, it was still in fresh condition at the 

 end of August ; while specimens taken on an excursion to the Leiter 

 early in that month were quite wasted. It is rare. D. mnemosyne**. 



Pontia cratcEgi, brassicce, rapa, napi**. The last three often deceived 

 me among the alps, where I mistook them at a distance for P. cal- 

 lidice. Var. brionice in a dell of a wood at Sagritz. P. callidice, a 

 single wasted specimen (?) of this rare butterfly was taken in the 

 Gems-grube. July seems to be the season for it. P. daplidice*. 

 P. cardamines, sinapis**. 



Colias edusa var. helice, chrysotheme* . C. phicomone, abundant in 

 elevated alpine meadows ; is said also to occur rarely on the Geis- 

 berg near Salzburg. C. hyale*. C. palano, found in former years 

 on the Nassfeld. C. rhamni**. 



Hesperia malvarum var. althcece, carthami*. H.fritillum, rare, in 

 high alpine meadows. H. alveolus, sertorius, tages, paniscus, sylva- 

 nus, linea, lineola*. H. comma*, also on the highest alps. 



Sphingid^;. 

 Atychia statices*. 

 At. chrysocephala, n. sp. Thorace abdomine alisque anticis cseruleo- 



viridibus, posticis fuscis, antennis valde pectinatis, capite auro- 



micante. 



