106 THE entomologist's record. 



corner of the Rock Slide. In the first, cool woods were lots of Pamrge 

 acliine, and in the bits of sloping, wet ground, I got, one afternoon, a 

 dozen C. tiphon, and there or in open meadows more west (under rocks), 

 three ver)/ fine Lycaena enpheuuoi, though I could see no trace of their 

 food-plant. 



"On the Rigi (Staftelhohe) I was interested in some ('oenuui/tnpha 

 airania var. darwlniana, in which the females have a very white, clearly 

 defined fringe, or edging, at apex of underside forewing. It may be 

 that all have more or less of this edging, but I went up a second time 

 to get more (I brought down forty), though I see the edging is only a 

 real creamy- white in the J s; and got one specimen without any spots 

 on white band of under wings. This must be rare. 



" On Wednesday I came here (Weesen), but I got little that after- 

 noon in the marsh on account of the wind: two Lrjcaena areas, six or 

 seven Coenotnjuiji/ia tijiJton, and one bad Lijcaeua euphemxs. Yesterday 

 (23rd) I got up to the gorge leading to the Thalalpsee in two and a 

 quarter hours (10 a.m.), just as the sun came in to it. Last year I got 

 my thirty-eight Brent/iis tliore there, on July 16th and 18th, so you 

 may fancy my surprise at finding two B. thore at ontr, and soon a third, 

 I did not see many besides, but near the top were a few, and I got eight 

 in all — generally in good condition. As I was hoping to find ArascJinia 

 levana, this was a little disappointing; and fewer flies of any sort 

 seemed about. However, whilst taking comfort from some cherries at 

 the cow pasture fountain, higher up, I saw a yellow creature alight 

 about eight yards oft", and going to see, soon had a fine A. levana, and 

 directly after a second. This was at 11.45 or 12. Of course I hunted, 

 and by 1.80 had ten. I had then worked up to the top of the gully^ 

 where I got the last on a thyme flower. Most were settling on a tall^ 

 two foot, yellow Senecio (Ragwort), which was as common as the nettles^ 

 on which I saw none. One was on a white parsley-like flower, one was 

 on the path, and one I took as it flew. About 2 p.m., as I returned, I 

 began again to catch them near the pass top, but I missed one. I also 

 got a few Brenthis t/tore there. Below, the gorge was then in the shade. 

 My total catch was, thirteen Aranclnria levana, eight Brenthis thore, four 

 Parnassiiis mnemosyne (near top), two Krebia styyne (by fountain at 

 top), and a few minor things. 



" Of the lerana, three were damaged. I have no book but yours^ 

 with me {i.e., Biitterjiies of Switzerland, by George Wheeler, M. A.), also 

 some notes from Kane. By these I find the upperside (as I read it, of 

 jn-orsa) should have a good deal of white. My thirteen have no white 

 except two or three roundish spots, like pin-heads, on each wing, upper- 

 side, hindwings have also each two small marks, not pure ivhite as the 

 roundish spots of upper wings. Except the black or ground colour all 

 the wings, upperside, are tawny-yellow in their larger markings. This 

 looks like ab. porima. The broad tawny band, hindwing, upperside- 

 (from anal angle to apex), has four large black spots on it — three quite 

 round .... I caught levana here from June 18th-25th, 1902, 

 They were darker than those taken yesterday. In this thirteen there 

 must be several 5 s." 



6. Sertigthal. 



"Davos Platz, July 11th, 1904. 

 "Have just been up the Sertigthal to the rhododendron end of 

 the pastures (to the Dorfli). I was surprised to find so little, and 



