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shine about the face of rocks, in the month of August. Intermediate 

 between L. roscida and L. irrorea. Size of the former, from which 

 it is distinguished by the arrangement and smaller size of the black 

 dots, the outline of the wings, and the gray colour of the underside 

 in the fore pair. From L. irrorea it differs by the smaller size, out- 

 line of the wings, and by its pale colour. 



L. irrorea occurs solitary both in Moell-dale and among the alps, 

 but seems not to ascend above the limit of the pines. L. eborina, 

 ancilla, mundana*. 



Psyche. Not a single specimen of this genus occurred in the per- 

 fect state, though so abundant in the earlier stages. It may seem 

 incredible when I say, that in an excursion over the grassy slopes 

 behind the turn of the road above Heiligenblut, at an elevation of 

 8000 feet, I came to a spot where a species of Psyche was in such 

 abundance, that on looking fixedly at the ground, overspread with 

 stones from the heights and a scanty sward, it appeared to be all in 

 motion, like a populous ant-hill, so that one grasp, made at random, 

 caught hundreds. I did not succeed in rearing the moth. It would 

 be interesting to follow out a the history of this, probably new, species, 

 which occurs on the alps in millions, compared with which our most 

 common Tinece may be accounted rarities. 



Liparis monacha*, dispar, salicis, chrysorrhcea, auriflua**. 



Orgyia pudibunda, fascellina, antiqua*. 



Pygcera anastomosis, reclusa, anachoreta, curtula, bucephala*. 



Gastropacha betulifolia, quercifolia, pini, pruni, potatoria, medica- 

 ginis, quercus, rubi, populi, crattegi, processionea, lanestris, neustria*. 



Euprepia cribrum, pulchra*. E. grammica ; a variety with the 

 lower wings entirely black is found in the subalpine districts, but 

 more frequently in Lower Carinthia. About Salzburg this species 

 has not occurred. E. russula, jacobece*. E. plantaginis var. hospita, 

 with the lower wings white, on the highest . alpine meadows in Au- 

 gust. E. matronalis, Fr., seems to be rare in the Carinthian moun- 

 tains. In all my repeated excursions I found but two specimens 

 near the Mer de Glace. Its flight in the daytime is rapid and 

 sustained, and it is hard to catch, from the precipitous nature of 

 the ground. E. dominula, her a, purpurea, aulica*. E. matronula ; 

 the caterpillar of this species, sought for with little success by other 

 methods where there were traces of its presence, was obtained by 

 removing the thin layer of turf from the rocky undersoil. E. caja, 

 a £ freshly disclosed was found in Upper Carinthia at an elevation 

 of 4000 feet. E. villica, hebe, fuliginosa, mendica, menthastri, urticce, 

 lubricipeda*. 



Noctuadjs. 



Acronycta leporina, aceris, megacephala, alni, ligustri, strigosa, tri- 

 dens, psi, auricoma*. A. rumicis**. A. euphrasies ; of the only two 

 specimens which I took of this rare moth, which is not found about 

 Salzburg, one was taken on the planks of the water- course at Bock- 

 stein above Gastein, the second on a garden- wall in Moell-dale, early 

 in August. 



Dipthera ludifica**, orion*. 



