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furrata was fairly common, generally in poor condition. One speci- 

 men seemed to be fairly typical, but most were very dark, one wholly 

 so (var. iufHscata.) Kiiiiithccia sobrinata occurred very locally, perhaps 

 because junipers were rather scarce. It was exceedingly abundant, 

 but rather worn, in one small glen on the south side of the valley on 

 August 21st. Most of the specimens were rather dark. 



Erebia liijea occurred up to about 1,000 feet, in openings where 

 the trees became scattered and the undergrowth Ericaceous. In the 

 latter spots Plebeiiift anji/mDnoiiion was sonietimes exceedingly common. 

 Both sexes could be picked off rushes, etc., if the weather were dull. 

 The females appear to be more noticeably suffused with blue of various 

 shades than those taken at Lesje, in July. 



A 5 Poli/oiiniiatKs icarnn of normal size, taken on August 16th, 

 was dull brown above without any blue scaling ; the orange crescents 

 were reduced on the hindwing, absent on the forewing. On the under- 

 side the hindwing was normal with four basal spots. The forewing 

 had no basal spots, while the post-median row was complete (seven 

 spots). It was, however, remarkable in that the anterior five spots of 

 the row were displaced inwards, and so arranged as to form a segment 

 of a circle around the discal spot. The other two spots of the post- 

 median row were normally placed, though one was most accurately set 

 over the other, thus making a colon mark such as is often seen in 

 Aricia inednn [astrarche). The displacement of the five anterior spots 

 rather recalls Af/riades thetu. We can find no similar specimen in the late 

 Dr. Gerald Hodgson's collection at Cambridge. There is a slight blue 

 scaling beneath on the bases of all four wings, otherwise the specimen 

 might ahnost be taken for A. medon {astrarche). Ari/ynnis afilai.a was 

 apparently local. It was getting worn by August 11th and 15th. We 

 failed to distinguish Brcut/tis pala^ and var. arsilarhe till we returned, 

 but probably the former occurred only above tree-line ; neither seemed 

 to occur below 700 or 800 feet. We obtained one specimen of Puhj(jonia 

 c-albiiiii, about 2,000ft. up. 



Besides these butterflies on the moors above the woods, there are 

 still the Geometers that were common lower down ; e.f/., Kntepluia 

 [Lareniia) caexiata, resting on the rocks (mostly over by August 25th, 

 but we got a dark one in good condition on that date). Hijdriotnena 

 fturata (a $ , at 2,000 feet, August 25th). Carda paludata and 

 Thaiiinono)iia bninneata were restricted to this ground. The former, 

 in spite of our high latitude, was still var. iinhutata. Females were 

 still out on August 25th, but no longer fresh. It was not a scarce 

 species, and easily dislodged from its resting places. T. hnoineata was 

 already going over when we first met with it on August 11th. How- 

 ever, it was still about on August 26th. Saturnia jiavonia we only 

 obtained once, on August 8th (two larvae, one of which has since 

 emerged and is a typical 2 ). On August 9th we found a larva of 

 Callophri/s rtibi on Vacriniiuii nlujinnsniu ; it pupated on August 17th 

 and emerged this spring. A larva of Spilonoina liibricepeda (August 

 18th) and larvte of small Geometers on scabious have pupated, but not 

 yet emerged. The larvse of lodis putata (lactearia) were abundant on 

 Varcinuuii (especially V. idi<iinnx\i\ii) ; several emerged this spring. 

 Two Pi/i/aera pij/ra have also emerged from larvte collected on sallow ; 

 also one specimen of Mamestra thalassina, and one specimen of 

 Eupithecia satyrafa (larva on Leontodnn), We must thank the Rev. G. 



