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malrae and Nisoniades ta(/es showed that these species had been on view 

 there. Pushing along the road several specimens of Hesperia alreiis were 

 captured and, in one place, Coenonijuiji/ta satt/rio7i showed up on the 

 banks by the roadside. Atiriades coridon was comparatively scarce, as 

 also weis Polyoinniatus ican(s, more a,hunda,ni being Aricia astrarche, the 

 examples mostly small-spotted beneath, of marked discreta form in both 

 fore- and hindwings, and tending also to the obsnleta form in the absence 

 of spots 6 and 7 of the submedian series of the forewings and the absence 

 of some of the basal spots as well as some of the submedian in the 

 hindwings. Two somewhat worn ^ Foli/oimiiatus hylan also showed 

 very small spots on the underside of the hindwings, whilst most of the 

 examples of Cyaniris semiari/Kx were worn and were also of the obsolete 

 form, several being referable to the intermediate form caeca, and a single 

 one to the extreme form spadae. Here and there, on the footpath, one 

 came across Ennycliia cinyiilalis and I'yratista piirpiiralia, whilst 

 L'ranibas pratelliis and Merrifieldia tridactyla {tetrad actyla) were not 

 uncommon by the roadsides. Melanipias melampus was the only really 

 common Erebiid in the earlier part of the walk, though later Erehia 

 tyndants and E. euryale became abundant enough, and several K. 

 fityi/ne were taken, whilst a solitary E. pit/to was also observed. Of 

 the larger Argynnids, Aryynnh adippe was only occasionally met with, 

 but A. aylaia of good colour, the 2 s tinged with deep blackish-purple 

 (piirpiirascens) ,vfa,s not uncommon, whilst Brenthis awathasia varied con- 

 siderably in condition, some being quite worn to shreds and others quite 

 presentable, a remark that might also be made of Pararye, maera. In 

 one place Melitaea athalia came down to the roadside, mostly recently out 

 and in fine condition, skimming just over, or settling at, the wet spots 

 on the road. A single worn Lycaena arion showed this species to be quite 

 over. Three Anthrocerid species were observed by the way — Anthrocera 

 traiualphia, A. lonicerae, and A. piirpnralis, all quite fresh and recently 

 emerged. Two examples of Loneia siibalpiua, ^ and ? , alone were 

 observed of this species. The long grind upwards to the summit was 

 amply repaid, for the steep slopes to the east of the top of the Pass, 

 almost directly opposite the hospice of St. Christoph was a brilliant 

 picture, covered with dense tangled thickets of " alpenrose " in full 

 blossom, acre upon acre, a most lovely sight and indicating the 

 lateness of the season here. High up these slopes a huge water- 

 spring wells out of the side of the mountain, dashing wildly 

 down over a rocky bed thickly edged with great bushes of alpen- 

 rose, in the full glory of their rich crimson flowers. Whether or 

 no this is one of the bead-waters of the Rosanna we do not know, 

 but it apparently must be as there seems to be none higher on 

 this side of the pass. Here and there near the upper part of the 

 stream, small, flat, swampy patches spread out, sometimes on one 

 side, and then on the. other, and then the bed suddenly slopes 

 downwards in a thicket of dwarf alder and alpenrose. By the side of 

 the stream, sometimes nearer, at other times at a greater distance, a 

 path could be picked, often with difficulty, and occasionally one had to 

 let oneself bodily over the boulders, but this we heeded not, for it was 

 a favourite haunt of Brenthis selene and B. euphrosyne, the first 

 abundant, the latter going over and long past its first prime ; whilst, 

 on the swampy patches, Brenthis pales was not uncommon. It was a 

 new experience to us to find these three allied species flying together, 



