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p. Tithonus — Bellaggio, Menaggio, and Pallanza. C(Bnoni/mpha Pamphilus — Baden, 

 Bellaggio, Menaggio, and Val Vedro. Spllothyrus aZce«— Bellaggio. Syricthus 

 Alveus—BsiAen, Bellaggio, and Menaggio. -S". Proi!o— gardens of tlie Villa Serbelloni, 

 at Bellaggio. Hesperia comma — everywhere : on the whole, the commonest 

 butterfly, as far as regards our experiences. Sphinx convolvuH — gardens at Schaff- 

 hausen and Thun. Macroglossa stellatarum — common in gardens at all places 

 visited, except in the Alpine valleys. Zygcena fiUpendulm — Baden, and near Chur. 

 Lithosia deplana — one at Thun. CalUmorpha Hera — Via Mala ; common at 

 Bellaggio and Menaggio, fluttering about flowers in the sunshine like a butterfly. 

 Cossus ligniperda — a full-grown larva picked up in the Via Mala, and an empty 

 pupa case near Liuno. Bomhyx rubi — larvae common, crawling in the roads, near 

 Cliui", Spliigen, and in the Val Vedro. -B. trifoUi — a $ specimen picked up in the 

 road near Menaggio. Agrotis c-nigrum — Thun. Fhisia triplasia — Bellaggio. 

 P. gamma — Schaffhausen, Bellaggio. Catocala paranympha — a single worn specimen 

 in the inn " Belle Vue " at Frutigen. Acidalia perochraria — common in meadows 

 near Baden, and in the Eanderthal, near Frutigen. A. immorata — Baden. A. im- 

 miitata — Bellaggio. A. strigilaria — common at Pallanza, on grassy slopes near the 

 lake. A. ornata — common at most places we visited, but not in the Alpine valleys. 

 Timandra ornata — Schaifhausen, Liuno. Numeria capreolaria — one specimen near 

 Chur. Gnophos glaucinaria — one specimen near Chur. G. dilucidaria — Baden, 

 Bellaggio. OrthoUlha Umitata (mensuraria) — Chur. 0. hipunctaria — Chur ; 

 larger and darker than English (chalk) specimens. Minoa murinata (euphorbiata) — 

 Pallanza. Anaitis plagiata — Baden, Schaffhausen. Lygris populata — common in 

 fir woods, at about 4,500 feet elevation, near Spliigen. Some specimens marked with 

 dark, but I saw none of the var. musauaria. Cidaria variata — two on the Merkur- 

 Berg, near Baden. C. ferrugata — Schaffhausen. C. cocsiata — in company with 

 £. populata, as in Scotland. C.Jlavicinctata — one specimen in the hotel at Spliigen. 

 C. verherata — common in all the Alpine valleys we passed through. C. hilineata — 

 Baden, Schaffhausen, Chur, Liuno. Etipithecia euphrasiata — one specimen on a hill 

 behind Bellaggio. Sivula sericealis — Bellaggio. Hypeiia ohesaUs — a specimen near 

 Andeer H. obsitalis — -common in passages amongst vineyards, near Bellaggio. 

 Polys purpuralis — meadows at Bellaggio. P. cespitalis — Baden. P. nuhilalis 

 (lupulinalis) — one specimen at Bellaggio. P. lutealis — near the waterfall on the 

 Splugen. PJurycreon verticalis — Schaffhausen. Pionea forjicalis — -Baden. Piasemia 

 litterata. — This pretty little species was common at Bellaggio, flying gently in the 

 sunshine just above the top of the grass, in grass and clover-covered meadows, in the 

 neighbourhood of vineyards, &c. Crambus tristellus — Baden, Bellaggio. C. culmellus 

 — Baden, Bellaggio. C. perlellus — Chur, Bellaggio. C. geniculeus — Bellaggio. 

 Pempelia semirubella [carnella) — common at Bellaggio and Menaggio, in places like 

 those frequented by litterata. The var. sanguinella (with pale costa) also occurred. 

 Myelois rosella — one specimen of this pretty little species at Menaggio. Sericoris 

 conchana — Baden. Depressaria Ileydeni — some pupfc picked up from moss under 

 stones whilst searching for Coleoptera, on the Spliigen, near tiie top of the pass (at 

 about 6,500 feet), produced this species, for naming which, as well as the last, I am 

 indebted to Mr. E. Meyrick, of Trinity College, Cambridge. — W. A. FoUBES, West 

 Wickham, Kent : January 17t/i, 1S77. 



