notes on the swiss rhopalocera. iii. 15 



8. Butterflies around Coire and Davos. 



"Coire, July 4th, 1901. 



" I must tell you how I have been getting on in these parts and at 

 Davos as to butterflies. The weather has not been good, and there 

 was snow at Davos when I left at 7.40 yesterday morning. 1 had two 

 capital days there — June 27th and July 2nd — in the Dischmathal. 

 On the first day I took 12 iiiatunia,'''- and on the second 26, also a few 

 selene, and eriphyle, the marks on underside hindwing, in one case or 

 more, being much like nianto. I may have seven or eight, if they all 

 travel well to Charpigny. 



" In the Fluela valley, on July 28th, amongst a lot of <ior<je were 

 two var. tnopes. Here yesterday I looked for aurelia, and took six. I 

 also caught a very tattered and old fly, which looks greatly like aedipus 

 by its spots, but the colour of underside hindwings is gone after all the 

 late rains. P. deliiis I found twice, and some iialaeno, though the sun 

 was in at the best spot .... I hope to be in the Grisons all the 

 summer .... This season, at Charpigny, 1 only took one dark 

 macltaon before leaving, but nearly one-half I, caught inclined that 

 waj^, with yellower tail spots than most." 



8. Hoenunyuipha tiplion, Rott. 



" Pontresina. July 22nd, 1901. 



" On the whole I have been successful. My visit to Utznach, near 

 the Lake of Zurich, was not on a good day, however, by waiting one 

 and a half hours in the marsh I captured four fine tiphon.'" 



(N.B. — As the information on the remainder of this post-card, 

 describing expeditions at Pontresina, Weesen, Brusio, Bernina Pass, 

 and Le Prese, is identical with Mr. Fison's notes cai these places 

 already published [Ent. liecord, vol. xxvi., pp. 228 and 242) it is 

 unnecessary to communicate it again here. — L.M.F.) 



9. Miscellaneous. 



"Charpigny, November 29th, 1901. 



" For days I have been working here to get my flies in better order. 

 Going through some this morning I find a statemant in Kane as to 

 var. egerides (Wood Argus) which I cannot think correct, and yoa 

 might like to note it. He says, ' the $ has fewer and stiialler spots, 

 much faded in colour, and apex of fore wing not so pointed.' I under- 

 line the part I doubt from an examination of my set. It seems to me 

 the $ has larger spots, and usually iiiore. 



" I should like some day to show you again the dorilis I got from 

 Davos and Fexthal. Very black on upperside, and a bright, light 

 yellow ground below, with small, hadsome series of spots. They are 

 much like the fine fly you said was a southern form of tran>ialpina $ , 

 only they are not so finely coloured .... 



"I have a 'Blue' taken at Pontresina, July 19tb, 1901 (where there 

 are a lot of low marshy meadows) that I cannot name, unless it is 

 aniandas. The dark apical border is not very deep, though the rays are 

 fairly pronounced. On underside are no spots. Underside it would 

 do well for aniandns, only in Lang, on hindwing, the inner circle of 

 large spots is evenly placed, while in mine it is distinctly wavey. The 



* i.e., var. xvolfenshergeri. — L.M.F. 



