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margaritellus has a niucli less orange hue. Near tlie Altcls, I caught one specimen 

 of a niagnifieent Crambus, rather larger than latistrius and with somewhat similar 

 markings, but more of the colour of pviHellus. The pill box containing it was, 

 unfortunately, lost. C. perlellus, Sciaphila, Wahlbomiana, Cochylis Icegaha, Penthina 

 rufana, P. striana, P. olivana, P. Incunana, P. cespitana. 



Semasia aurana, particularly abundant near Lucerne in some meadows on the 

 road to Alpnach. Every umbelliferous flower seemed to have one or moi'e upon it ; 

 in some the spots were confluent, forming, I suppose, the aberration aiirantiana, 

 Kollar. 



Steganoptycha fradifasciana. S. quadrana. Phoxopteryx cor)^ptana. All these 

 three were common on the plains of the Spittelmatt ; comptana was in swarms, and 

 particularly partial to the flowers of Dryas octopetala. ' 



jDichrorampha, plumbana. Tinea granella. 



Lampronia pralafella, common in many places, especially at the Q-iessbach, where 

 strawberry leaves showing the old marks of the larvse were frequent. Mr. Stainton 

 says of one taken in a fir wood at the base of the Gremmi, " a very curious specimen, 

 "having the extra-costal spot (the penultimate one), larger than the normal one. lu 

 "specimens with the two spots, the outer one is usually much the larger." 



Nemotois metallicus, near Frutigen, Lucerne, &c. 



Hyponomeuta padella, Lucerne. 



Plutella cruciferarum, on the very highest point of the Gerami pass, flying about 

 amongst Biscutella laevigata as comfortably as in an English turnip-field. 



Gelechia distinctella (?), Gemmi. 



Sophronia semicostella, between Muhlenen and Frutigen. 



Hypercallia citrinalis, not rare in the path to the Eauft at the Giessbach. 

 Poly gala cho.mcebuxus was especially abundant there at that time in fruit. 



GlypMpteryx equitella, amongst Scdmn at Interlachen. 



Coleophora ornatipennella, grassy meadow near Thun. 



Elachista pollutella, on the plain by the chalets of Spittebnatt. This insect, 

 which had never been taken in Switzerland before, was flying there as freely as 

 rnfocinerea might do in an English meadow, and also like it in the early twilight. 

 I thought it at the time an AJpine form of cygnipcniiella. 



Lithocolletis populifoliella, Thun, on Popxdus canescens. 



MicTopteryx Anderschella, common on umbelliferous flowers between Frutigen 

 and Kandersteg. M. aureaiella, in the fir-wood at the base of the Gemmi. 



Platyptilia gonod.actyla, amongst coltsfoot, near Frutigen. 



lilimwffeoptihiyS cnprndacUjlus, eonnnon near Frutigen, and again at Kandersteg. 



Aciptilia tetradactyla, near Frutigen, and again at the Giessbach. 



The Tortrices in this li.st were kindly named for me by Mr. Barrett, and tlic 

 Tineina by Mr. Stainton ; it records altogether about three weeks of invalid work, 

 and of course does not represent even the common insects which might be taken in 

 tliat time ; the weather was, also, in both cases, most unfavourable. There is one 

 problem in Alpine Entomology to be solved, and that is how a simple pedestrian can 

 bring back enough specimens for the use of himself and his friends ; in many cases 

 where insects were most abundant, a single pair were all I preserved. 



In this list the names are those used in the Staudinger-Wocke Catalogue. — 

 R. C. R. Jordan, M.D., 35, Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham : July, 1876. 



