"208 THE entomologist's record. 



at Vevey, and go for a ramble over the country lying behind Mt. 

 Pelerin, thence to Attalens, returning by Puidoux and Chexbres to 

 Rivaz. On the slopes of Mt. Pel6rin very little was seen, but the 

 strong wind which was blowing probably accounted for the scarcity of 

 insects. Here I first came across Melitaea didyma, a $ being taken 

 ■on the way up; and I was pleased to net a nice ? Colias ediisa, for I 

 had not yet seen this species in any numbers, nor, indeed, did I find it 

 at all common in any locality during my visit. On the brow of the 

 hill a few Iphidide!^ podalirius, in good condition, were captured. 



Between Mt. Pelerin and Attalens the eye was arrested by the 

 strikingly beautiful appearance of the fields of narcissus in full bloom, 

 which, at a distance, had the semblance of masses of virgin snow. In 

 the sheltered meadows insects were not uncommon, and the fine con- 

 dition of Erehia viedusa suggested a later emergence than at St. Triphon. 

 Colias hyale was abundant, while Melitaea parthenie, M. cin.via, Nemeo- 

 bins Incina, Fowellia sao, and Nisoniades tages were not uncommon. 

 During the remainder of the walk little of any further interest was 

 noticed, but the day was too windy for collecting, although ideal in 

 other respects. The following day I shifted my quarters to St. Maurice. 



Vernayaz! I went there on June 1st with high expectations, for 

 the books had led me to expect an entomological " Tom Tiddler's " 

 ground, where the butterflies are almost anxious to fly into one's net, 

 and where, on a favourable afternoon in June or July, one can rely on 

 encountering quite a goodly proportion of the species which constitute 

 the butterfly fauna of Switzerland ; for with what frequency does the 

 phrase, "under the cliffs at Vernayaz," occur in the entomological 

 books and magazines ! The day Avas bright, the sun hot, and, although 

 a rather gusty wind gave rise to some misgivings, I found that 

 " under the chffs at Vernayaz " it was both sunny and sheltered ; and 

 butterflies were flying, not in such numbers as I had anticipated, but 

 enough, and in such varietiy of species as, to make it one of the most 

 interesting days of the trip. 



After the first day or two of my visit I had been accustomed daily 

 to make one or two additions to my list of species seen, but on this, 

 my first visit to Vernayaz, I came across no fewer than eleven species I 

 had not previously met with. These were — Erynnis lavaterae, Loiveia 

 alciphron var. yordius, Polyomniatus amanda, Parnassius apollo, P. 

 mnemnsyne, Melitaea dictynna, M. phoebe, Epinepliele janira, Enodia 

 hyperanthus, Erebia stygne, and E. evias. 



During the forenoon I worked under the cliffs in the direction 

 of Martigny. Angiades sylvanns and Melitaea dictynna were in some 

 numbers, flitting about the marshy ground, where also a single 

 very fresh specimen of Polyninmatiis amanda was taken. I was 

 very pleased to take my first Parnassius apollo, which was flying about 

 the boulder-strewn ground at the foot of the clifi"s ; a few other 

 specimens were noticed, but the species was not common. A 2 P. 

 mnenwsyne, with the abdominal sac, was taken on the same ground ; but 

 it was already showing signs of wear, and other specimens subsequently 

 seen were in quite ragged condition. Melitaea cinxia was common, 

 flying about the pathway, and Pararge egeria, of the egerides form, was 

 flitting in and about the bushes. At moist places on the footpath 

 numbers of S Aporia crataegi were crowding and jostling, and a single 

 sweep of the net captured no fewer than twelve specimens, all in perfect 



