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note was done until the 21st, when we made an expedition to Martigny, 

 and across the valley to Branson, where, just below the first houses in 

 the village, Poh/owmatus orion was to be found in some numbers. The 

 next day we went to our old hunting-ground at Lavey, and found both 

 (hqiido sfbriis and Nomiadcs ci/llanis in abundance. Towards the end of 

 the week it became wet and cold again, and we had to wait till Monday 

 28th for another expedition to Lavey. Here ('. ^cbrusi and N. cj/Uanifi 

 were again abundant, and I took one very small ? blue which I hoped 

 might be Xoniiadi's nielanops, but which turned out to be the tiny var. 

 hlachieri of .V. ci/llani^. This I am informed by Ch. Favre is found 

 abundantly on the plateau immediately above Saillon. An expedition 

 on the following day to Les Plans and thence up to the foot of the 

 Petit Moeuveran was quite unproductive, except for a couple of Si/rich- 

 thns vialvae at a point somewhat unusually high for this species. From 

 this point onwards I took nothing unusual, and we returned to Veytaux 

 on June 5th. On the 9th an expedition to the top of the Rochers de 

 Naye, going by train, and walking down from the Col de .Taman, 

 though most enjoyable produced but little. This is a locality for 

 Pararge hiera, but I did not see a single specimen ; one specimen of 

 Pieris napi var. bri/oniae was the only mountain insect observed. The 

 whole distance, hoAvever, down the slopes of the Dent de Merdasson 

 Avas covered with large white anemones and pheasant-eyed narcissus, 

 so thickly that it was impossible in many places to move without 

 treading upon them, and on this there were numbers of the commoner 

 insects, and especially of a somewhat large form of McUtaea parthenie 

 var. varia, which has literally swarmed everywhere this year, though 

 I have never seen a precisely similar form before. During the 

 following week a day on the Rhone banks at Bouveret produced 

 amongst other things — Brenihu sdene, 2hiitaea (Uctynna (vejy 

 fine), Plcbeiiis cw/fon (very large), and P. art/Ks. On June 16th 

 we returned to Aigle and there remained, except for three weeks 

 at Milrren, throughout the summer. On the 20th Mr. and Mrs. 

 Lowe arrived, and the following day we walked to Charpigny, 

 on the chance of seeing Mr. Fison's collection, but were not 

 fortunate enough to find him at home. The 22nd was too wet for 

 anything, but on the 23rd we went to Martigny, and thence over the 

 Rhone bridge at Branson turning down to the left in search of Li/caena 

 iolaa ; on arriving at the Collutea patch we were soon at work, and in 

 about an hour and a half we succeeded in capturing eighteen excellent 

 specimens with four nets (Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, my wife and myself) ; 

 besides these there were a good many others, which not being so good 

 were released again. The next day Mr. Lowe went alone to Martigny, 

 where he took Lycacna amanda and Ayyijnnh daphne. Wet weather 

 prevented our following this example till the 27th, when we Avent to 

 Vernayaz, walking thence under the clifis to Martigny. A great part 

 of the Avay lies between marsh on the left and cliffs with scrub and 

 wood on the right ; in the former L. iuiianda was very abundant, and 

 in the latter a few A. daji/mc occurred. Intending hunters should note 

 that it is useless to look for L. amanda except in, or on the edge of, 

 the marsh-land. I also found two or three Avorn specimens of Krebia 

 ■'^ti/i/ne (pirene), the loAvland form of Avhich differs greatly from the 

 mountain form Avhich I found later at Miirren. On Thursday Mr. and 

 Mrs. LoAve left, and the next day we repeated our Vernayaz -Martigny 



