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stress, the small purple spots being the distinguishing mark ; I have 

 seen two other specimens, one a <? taken by Mr. Sloper near Les 

 Avants this year, and the other a ? , with the purple spots larger and 

 lighter, taken some time ago by Mr. Fison ; for this aberration I pro- 

 pose the name pnrptireopnuctata (and I should be greatly obliged if any 

 collector possessing specimens would let me know). These forms of 

 C. doril'is and ('. pJdaeas are to me most interesting as showing the 

 close connection between these species and <'. coiijihidauias ; I regard 

 them as instances of " reversion to type." < '. amphidamaa, by the way, 

 has twice been taken this year in this neighbourhood, viz., on the 

 Rochers de Naye not far from Caux by Mr. Lemann, and above Clarens 

 by Mr. Fison. While speaking of this insect it may be worth while 

 to mention that Frey was quite mistaken in supposing that it was extinct 

 on the Moleson in 1880. I have seen, in Professor Pdachier's collection 

 at Geneva, an excellent series from that locality taken in 1895. 



At Aigle my searches both for Thccla lunni and T. acaciae were 

 again this year unsuccessful, but, while looking for them on the 21st, 

 I took a pair of Puli/onnnatits t'sclwri near Ollon, the first, I believe, 

 found in any Swiss Canton except the ^'alais'■. On the previous day I 

 had been to Vernayaz, and found, amongst other things, a few Brcnthis 

 daphne, and the usual abundance of Chrt/suphanus qordius and Puhjoin- 

 matus amanda. Those who are interested in the "Tigers" may like to 

 hear that I took on the same day Calliuiorjdia domimda ab. bithy- 

 nica, in which all the spots on the forewing are yellow. A search for 

 Lycaena iolaa at Branson, on the 22nd, was disappointing, but my wife 

 took one ? so small that it was not until I came to set our captures 

 that it was recognised. This was the only specimen seen at that 

 time, but on visiting the same spot on July 27th I found both 3 and 

 ? in some numbers and quite fresh ! On this latter date I took one 

 Lampides boetica $ . On June 26th, a second visit to Martigny pro- 

 duced Brenthh daphne, one Eiebia ><tyyne ? , and some much-worn 

 Melitaea herisalcnsis. Here, also, I saw Mr. Sloper's captures of this 

 year, the most interesting of which were a I'aran/e vieyaera ab. alberti 

 and (J. phlaeas ab. schnudtii, both from Martigny. There was much 

 rain during the summer, and when the sun came out afterwards, much 

 steamy mud, which accounts for the fact that, on July 6th, on the 

 Sepey road, I took six Apatina iris (all 1 saw that day) and one A. 

 ilia, which is very scarce in that locality. 



The next week was by far the best of the season. On Monday, 

 the 8th, we went to Berisal, and by leaving the " diligence " at the 

 second refuge (Schallberg) I renewed my acquaintance with Polyom- 

 matiis lyridas, which was still in good condition. Pnlyominatiis tscheri, 

 Syrichthiis earthami, and many other things were to be found at the 

 same spot, and thence to the Ganter Bridge. Tuesday was spent at 

 the fifth refuge, where at last I obtained J'arnasdns delius (^ s only, 

 that day) ; I also took Polynnnnatiis p/ieretes, a very fine specimen of 

 Coliaa palaeno J , with the ground colour quite as bright as in the 

 ^ , PolyommatuA eras, g" and ? , and various commoner things. On 

 Wednesday we drove to Simplon village, over the appalling scene of 

 desolation caused by the fall of half the Rossboden Glacier last March, 

 and then walked on to the Laquinthal to look for Erebia chnsti, but 



* Found in Ticino, in the Grisons. — T.A.C. 



