NOTES ON THE SWISS RHOPALOCERA. IV. 25 



Notes on Swiss Rhopalocera. IV. 



By the late A. J. FISON. 

 (Communicated by Miss L. M. Fisox.) , w g^ 



Extract from his letters to, and kindly lent hj, the Rev^G. "wftlle^ 



1902. 

 1. Monte Bre, near Lugano. 



" Lugano, April 16th, 1902. 

 "Am just back from Monte Bre, near Gandria, where I took the 

 following: — Six Libi/thea relth (three very old), one Cupidn vi'nuiua, 

 one Xoniiades cifllarus, Papilio iiiachaon and Papilio podaliriiis, three 

 Gonepteriix rJwDiDii, Vauesfia io, two Euranesi^a antiopa, five Celastrina 

 ar(/iolii!<, Leptosia sinapi.s, Pieria brasffieae, Pieris rapae, Pieria napi^ 

 Coliofi hiiale, Colias ediiaa, Cofnoni/nipJia painpJiiliiK, and one Parar;/e 

 ae;/eria, southern form.''' 



"Of course, the first is the best catch. I must have seen a dozen 

 settling on the young oak or other trees ; they were not very hard to 

 catch. On Monday next I hope to go on for a week to Pension 

 Righetta, Madonna del Sasso, above Locarno. I forgot to say that 

 there were lots of Fhicldo'e cardamines, bat no EucJdoe eupJie)toides, or 

 0(1)1 fjiteri/.v cleopatra " 



2. Lugano. 



" Clarens, May 5th, 1902. 



" I came back last Tuesday, having had very bad and cloudy 

 weather ; only two-and-a-half days really fine and fit for insect 

 hunting. Except the Libytkea celtift, I only got of any importance 

 Scolitantides orion, and the southern form of Ptvann' aei/eria. 



" I must except, however, my last butterfly caiu/ht, which is a very 

 handsome, dark variety of Pararye vief/aera. On all' the wings the 

 dark lines and margins are broad and strong ; not much of the yellow 

 is seen. This gives it an appearance quite different from the type. 

 The pupilled eyes are well developed, and at the apex of forewing 

 there is a second tiny white pupilled e.ye.f .... It was too wet 

 to go to the marshes at Locarno." 



3. Charpigny and Plan Cerisier. 



"Charpigny, .June 12fch, 1902. 



" One has lost so much time lately through wet. Like you, I have 

 got one or two good 2 cijllanis this season — one with blue on it. 



. Here I have found some of the dark vars. of Papilio )iiachaon,l 

 and took two. I also took a fine Mditaea aurinia on the rock about a 

 week ago. One day (the only outing lately) I found no berisalennia at 

 Plan Cerisier, but took a line orion by the little chapel due S. of it. I 

 fancy parthenie must be flying here now." 



* K.B. — What form is this? Not the type, I suppose? Is var. eueyidea, 

 StRi-., the usual form in Switzerland? — L.M.F. Eijerichs is the usual form in 

 Switzerland north of the Alps, except in the .Jura, where intermedia is general. 

 Tlie Lusjano form is rather tawny intermedia. — G.W. 



t N.B. — Is this Mr. Fison's ab. transcaspiea, Stgr., from Losone, near 

 Lugano?— L.M.F. Yes.— G.W. 



I Are these var. hurdiniilennis, Trimoulet? — L.M.F. 

 Febhuary 15th, 1915. 



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