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-patches ; generally, I think the band is in long, narrow patches ; 

 sometinies it is reduced to two or three Huiall chestnut patches. In 

 some the colour on underside huidwing is very faint ; but in half or 

 more I note a tiny spot of colour three-fifths of the way across the 

 wing (two-fifths from body, and two-fifths from top of ring), which is 

 noted byFrev as found in var. /ii/rrhula. This spot I cannot find in 

 xny <y iiianto or in my six pijrrhnla, but it corresponds with the bright 

 yellow blotch in my $ inanto, where it forms part of an irregular line 

 of yellow spots. This is interesting. Lacking this spot, my six could 

 scarcely be from the Dent du Midi, as I thought at first. I hoped I 

 had twenty, but to-day I found twelve is nearer ; two or three are ? s. 

 I wish I had stopped to get more. I found them in long grass between, 

 or amongst, forest, at say, 5,000ft. The first were 150ft. from 

 Anthemoz cow-chalets. Much higher up (7,000ft), under the Dent du 

 Midi rocks, I got six Erebia alecto var. (/lacialis ; three of which, I find 

 now, are var. phito. I had a great catch of Rnsticas sepliijrns var. 

 lycidas going to Simplon. Got many small Erebia in Laquinthal, but 

 would not be sure I had Erebia chriffti. As I left Simplon, on the 

 2 1st, I met Chanoine Favre and a naturalist arriving. He thought I 

 probably had christi, but could not see my specimens. The fortnight 

 at Champery was very pleasant. I got several Erebia lap/iona ab. 

 pollii.r under the Dent du Midi, and one Pamas'iias deliiis at Barmaz. 

 I may try the Rochers de Naye for manto. Will you not try for var. 

 Ijyrrhida at Anthemoz, S. of Champery, and at same level more to S., 

 opposite Bonaveau ? " 



1903. 



1. Butterflies in March, 1903. 



" Clarens, March 23rd, 1903. 

 " Last Saturday, at Salvan, I saw a white butterfly of some rather 

 quick-flying sort, but failed to get it. On Monday (22nd) I saw a fine 

 Pa])ilio iiiachaon at Massongex, near Bex. Yesterday, another was 

 playing round La Tete at Charpigny. I also saw there, two or three 

 Pieridae, a Polyt/onia c-albinii, and a EiKjonia poli/chloros, beside lots of 

 A(/lais tirticac, and (j-niiejiteri/.v rliavtni. It must be very early for 

 ■'swallow-tails.' On Saturday we also saw a Vanesaa io." 



2. SlERRE. 



" May 7th, 1903. 

 " I suppose the fly you call melanops''^- is a var. of No)iiiades cyllarus 

 and probably a ? . To-day I have caught many Nonriades cyllarus in 

 the meadows along E. edge of Pfynwald towards Illgraben ; several are 

 dark ? s, but I cannot recognise a ))ielanop!<. One has a lovely double 

 stroke of blue V from forewing near to the centre, and a less 

 clear blue stroke below on lower wing, both upperside. The rest is 

 dark. Most of the Xoniiades cyllarus are small, especially two 2 s. I 

 also got, nearer Illgraben, a lovely fly with a luost conspicuous circular 

 spot near apex forewing, upperside, and touching costa, which reminds 

 me much of the Anthocharis belia var. ausonia you once had to compare 

 with mine.f The irregular white spots, hindwing underside, are 



* Mr. Elwes reports melanops from Sion, but no other specimen is known. 

 -Mr. Fison's insects are cyllarun ab. hlachicri. — G.W. 

 t A. simi)lonia var. fiavidior. — G.W. 



