80 LIST OF BUTTERFLIES AND SPHINGES. 



topped by the brick chimney of the steam-engine of the thrashing-machine. 

 The country gives a fine idea of a rich agricultural district, and 'will vie 

 with any part of merry England. After a walk through the gardens and 

 grounds of Tarbet house, I set out for Invergordon. I went on board the 

 Queen Steamer, and landed at Burghead, thence I walked to Elgin. Here 

 I viewed "the lions," the ruins of the cathedral, off which I gathered 

 Asplenium nda-muraria, and the museum, that is rising so fast in provincial 

 specimens of Natural History. Thence I walked to Forgieside, near Keith. 

 On my journey I gathered some fine specimens of Equisetum Wihoni, from 

 a ditch by the road side, at a place called Forgie Hill. Here I stayed 

 for a few days collecting Ooleoptera, and amongst them Agabus uliginosus, 

 A. bipudulatus, Halipus lineato-collis ; some species of Itembidium, etc., 

 turned up, all to be given at some no distant period, to the readers of 

 "The Naturalist." 



I shall now take leave of my readers, with the humble hope that an 

 account of what I saw may afford some pleasure to them, as the realit}' 

 assuredly afforded to me the very highest, and still does when I wander 

 over again in my imagination the wilds of Sutherland and Ross. 



Macduff, September \%th., 1856. 



LIST OP BUTTERFLIES AND SPHINGES OBSERVED 

 AT LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND. 



BY THOMAS GEORGE B0NNEY, ESQ. 



The following List of Butterflies and Sphinges observed during -the 

 months of July, August, and September, at Lausanne, Canton de Vaud, 

 Switzerland, and in other parts of that country and Savoy, may perhaps 

 not be without interest to some of the readers of "The Naturalist." 

 The figures 1 2 3, denote respectively the first, second, and third divi- 

 sions of the ten days in the month. 



Papilio Machaon. 3. — Never common: July and August. 



Gonepteryx rhamni. 3. — Rare: July. 



Colias edusa. 3. — Common: July, August, and September. 



Colias hyale. 3. — Common: July, August, and September. 



Pieris crataegi. 1. — Not uncommon, but going out: July. 



Pontia brasssicae. 1 2 3. — Very common: July, August, and September. 



Pontia rapse. 1 2 3. — Very common: July, August, and September. 



Hipparchia galathsea. 1 2 3. — Not uncommon: July and August. 



Hipparchia hyperanthus. 1 2 3. — Common: July, August, and September. 



Hipparchia megaera. 1 2 3. — Common: July, August, and September. 



Hipparchia tithonus. 3. — Not common: July. 



Hipparchia janira. 1 2 3. — Very common: July, August, and September. 



