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road. Here in some grassy hollows among firs JErebia Melampus and 

 Pharte were rather common, the only locality in which I met with 

 Erehiw in any numbers. 



Of all the .excursions perhaps the one to Villars by way of the 

 Col de la Croix, about eight hours there and back, is the pleasantest. 

 From the top of the Col (5687 ft.) the path leads through fir woods 

 and meadows, with good collecting all the way, to Villars. Although 

 Villars is about 350 feet higher than the Diablerets, the climate 

 seemed to be warmer. The view frooi the terrace of the hotel over 

 the Rhone Valley and the mountains beyond, on the brilliant day it 

 was our good fortune to be there, was one to remember. 



On August 9th we started early for an excursion to La 

 Chamossaire (6919 ft.) by the Col de la Croix. Leaving the Villars 

 path to the left, we walked for many hours, without apparently 

 either reducing the distance or increasing the elevation. Little did 

 we see in the insect way on the route, which was somewhat bare and 

 exposed, until reaching Bretaye. Here we found some sheltered 

 nooks, and Erebia Manto was not uncommon, although getting worn. 

 After visiting the summit — from which there is a fine view — we 

 returned to Diabler(^ts by way of Vers I'Eglise. Missing the path, 

 which is badly defined, we were nearly benighted in a fir wood which 

 clothed the mountain side, and after numerous ascents and descents 

 reached the open country just before darkness set in. To add to our 

 troubles a deluge of rain was coming down all the time, and we arrived 

 at the hotel in a sorry plight. 



On August 12th we bid farewell to Ormont-Dessous and the 

 delightful entomological companions we there met, and one more day's 

 collecting along the Sepey Road ended our visit. 



Slirublaiids, Eltham : 



April 2ith, 1899. 



NOTES ON CERTAIN MOTHS FOUND AROUND JERUSALEM IN 1896. 

 BY A. II. SWINTON, T.E.S. 



I was informed that a German living at Jerusalem was in the 

 habit of capturing moths at sugar, with what success I know not ; 

 those that I saw there flew by day in the vineyards, gardens, fields or 

 moorland, were disturbed from their diurnal repose, or attracted to 

 the lights on the supper table : indeed, in a district where the vines 

 and scattered garden trees present little harbour, and the summer 



