62 [March, 



fascia-like spots from inner margin, reaching half across wing, first before middle, 

 J.ardly traceable, second beyond middle, its apex produced posteriorly as a longitu- 

 dinal projection in disc to three-fourths, and enclosed with fine black lines in disc 

 only ; a fine, black, oblique line from inner margin before anal angle, not reaching 

 half across wing, obscurely whitish-margined posteriorly ; a very minute black apical 

 dot : cilia whitish, base within a fine black line pale saffron, costal cilia with two 

 very fine black bars. Hind-wings grey : cilia whitish-grey. 



Philippeville ; two specimens, both, I think, beaten from a species 

 of Quercus. The species is curiously marked, owing to the obsolescence 

 of some of the ordiuary streaks, and is allied to L. deJitella. 



Kamsbury, Hungerford : 



September, 1890. 



HOLIDAY CAPTURES of LEPIDOPTERA in SWITZERLAND in 188G. 

 BY G. T. BAKER, F.L.S. 



In continuation of my former notes on our holiday in 1886, we 

 left Heidelberg about the 22nd of June, and skirting through a part 

 of the Black Forest, arrived late the same evening at Lucerne, where 

 we stayed a couple of days, after which we took the boat for Stansstad, 

 and from thence drove up the valley of the Aa to Eugelberg ; this, 

 though beautiful, by no means equals many of the valleys of Canton 

 Yalais, whilst the insect life was likewise less numerous. After a rest 

 and lunch at Engelberg, we proceeded with our " Knecht " (to carry 

 the "Baggage") over the Joch Pass to Engstlen, my wife on horse- 

 back and I on foot ; but, unfortunately, as we neared the foot of the 

 Pass, the snow becam.e very low indeed, and as it was also very soft, 

 it stopped the riding, and the most trying part of the w^ay had to be 

 performed by us both on foot, so that by the time we arrived at the 

 Engstlen Alp, it was almost dark, and was also pouring with rain. 

 We had arranged to stay here ten days or a fortnight, and after the 

 long and fatiguing w'ork of the previous day, were not very distressed 

 to have the rest of a wet day awaiting us on the following morning. 

 The next day, how-ever, the weather began to clear, and we soon felt 

 the power of the Alpine sun. The Engstlen Alp and Lake is a 

 beautiful spot : a small level mountain pasture of somewhat over 

 6000 feet, closely surrounded with snow peaks, and with the magni- 

 ficent Wetterhorn in the near distance towards Meiringen. A most 

 delightful twelve days we had here, and rather regretted having 

 arranged to spend a week at Engelberg on our homew^ard way. 

 Looking back, however, I think we had almost as profitable collecting 



