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aberration of Ajiatura iris or A. ilia, but var. cb/tie was common, 

 Apaturids were not very abundant, and had been out a few days before 

 I arrived. I took 12 Apatura iris, 22 A. ilia and 8 var. ch/tic. Sati/- 

 )us vine and Liinenitis j)oinili were very scarce, and Stnjnion priini 

 invisible. I got, however, a very fine Araschnia lerana var. prorsa a 

 mile north of Yverdon, by the lake side. On that road, too, were a 

 good number of the three Apaturids, but I saw no dark aberrations on 

 the Yvonand road. Melanun/ia i/alathca, with j-ellow ground colour, 

 was frequent. My next five weeks at Gsteig under the Sanetsch Pass 

 did not produce much. However, one day, on the top of the Col de 

 Pillon, I got the darkest aberration of Anji/iruis cujlaia that I ever saw. 

 The upper wings were 4/5 black with fulvous spots near outer edge, 

 more clearly marked on upper wing. The fore- and hindwing bases 

 contained most of the fulvous colour, which spreads especially towards 

 their lower edges. Indeed the lower part of the upper wing had a 

 fulvous line nearly to lower edge. The underside of the forewing was 

 about three-quarters black, containing two fulvous spots. The outer 

 edire fulvous with two black unpupilled spots or eyes in it. Hindwing 

 with very little black except three or four black spots forming two 

 lines at right angles, angle just outside white centre, which lies just 

 inside apex of the angle. Inside this angle were six fulvous or silver 

 spots ringed with black. Each one corresponded with its fellow on the 

 same side. Parnasnins delins I did not see until August 3rd. In 1907 

 I saw lots of (Julias palaeno on certain pastures, but at the same date 

 and later I only saw one last season. This last year, as in 1908, I 

 again found many dark aberrations of I'apilii) uiachaon at Charpigny. 

 On June 9th, 1908, I got a lovely Stri/iiio)i pnini there. Last summer, 

 from the end of July to the end of August, I was ac Finhaut. There 

 the Col de la Gueulaz, Emosson and Emaney valleys give very good 

 hunting ground, but not so good as the Champery district. This 

 curious season, 1909, fiowers are few, irregular and small, but I cannot 

 say much yet as to butterflies. On Friday a friend and I got a fair 

 number of "swallow-tails" and a female Ciipido sebnis. Glanropsijihe 

 cjillarns seemed over, and we found no Aiitlun-haris siniplnnia near the 

 Gryonne." 



[I found several Krebia uente in another part of the same district, 

 on the lower slopes of the Petite Dent d« Valerettes, below Verossaz, 

 at about 2700 feet under the Dent du Midi, June 12th, 1914. Several 

 continued flying when the sun went in. These specimens, too, seemed 

 to have smaller spots than some from various localities in my late 

 uncle's collection. — L.M.F.] 



3. I'nli/oiinnatiis aiiunnhis, Schmid., etc. 



Clarens, January 19th, 1910. 

 " From April 29th to May 5th, 1909, 1 got in and above the Avencon 

 valley, two or three miles, several licsperia mah-ac ab. taras. On June 

 15th Ptihpiiiniiatiis amandiis was flying on the marsh west of the St. 

 Triphon rock more abundantly than I ever saw it elsewhere. My 

 attempt to introduce Ljicacita iolas at Charpigny is likely to fail, as the 

 Coltitea arburesccns bushes do not grow or flower well. I may try this 

 year to turn out there some female ranuissiKs apulln. This ?ummer 

 one or two " blues ' were taken at jMartigny in which there were male 

 markings one side and female the other." 



