NOTES ON THE SWISS RHOPALOCERA. III. 13 



his own terminology and his own method of work, they seem to me to 

 to be rather subversive to the advancement of science than otherwise. 

 Every observer must work on his own lines and his work must 

 stand or fall on its own merit. I hope in our next number to insert 

 an article on the " Tei^umen " of White and the " Valva " of Gosse. 



Notes on Swiss Rhopalocera. III. 



By the late Mr. A. J. FISON. 

 (Communicated by Miss L. M. Fison.) 



Extracts from letters addressed to and kindly lent by the Rev. George 



Wheeler. 



1900. 



1. Localities for Raywardia telicanus, Lang. 



" Clarens, April 24th, 1900. 



" After receiving your note I tried to get the address of the two 

 ladies who caught my telicanus in 1894. They are now near Brussels ; 

 but a letter from them does not tell all one would like to know about 

 their catch. 



They caught the butterfly on the road between Trois Torrents and 

 and Morgins, close to the inn, which is at a corner of the road above 

 Trois Torrents. I remember they told me it was ' with a crowd of 

 other Blues.' 



" As to the date they can only say that it was in June or July. As 

 I see Kane gives no locality for tdicaivis in this country, to know 

 where one was found is at least interesting." 



N.B. — I took several specimens of this butterfly at Charpigny, 

 St. Triphon, Vaud, early in September, 1913. It has evidently been 

 taken there before, as Mr. Wheeler tells me ' such rarities as ti'licanusy 

 bdcticiis, and pandora, have all been taken at Charpigny.' — L. M. 



FiSON. 



2. Epinephele tithonin^, L. 



" Clarens, March 22nd, 1900. 

 "I have a note of 6 large Heaths — tithonim — taken at Charpigny^ 

 on August 4tb, 1890 .... I only remember the ' large heath ' 

 there in summer." 



3. Fapilin viarliaon, L., etc. 



" Clarens, May 5th, 1900. 

 "The day after we were at Charpigny I saw there (but could not 

 catch it) a very dark uiachaon. It was chasing another of much 

 lighter colour, so I could compare its hue well. A few minutes later 

 I took a P. jiodaliruiH as white as any I have, but it had lost some of 

 its wing. I must look out for others. On Saturday I went to Payerne 

 and the Broye Valley to look for levana, but found no trace of it. It 



might possibly haunt the other, warmer side of the valley 



"I found aiirinia at Charpigny — a very dry place for it, but one 

 year it abounded there." 



1901. 

 4. Scolitantidi's orion, Pallas, etc. 



" Clarens, May 27th, 1901. 

 Last Monday I went to Martigny by early train. As it was too 



