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this search was destined to go unrewarded, a few Erebia mnestra being 

 the nearest approach found. Krebia crto var. ob.scura and a form of 

 Coenoiujmpha arcania, closely resembling R;itzer's var. insubrica, were, 

 however, abundant. Thursday was spent in the Steinenthal. On the 

 way up K. veto (type) was swarming, and a number of belated K. crias 

 were also in evidence, some in fairly good condition ; I'lebeiim a>7/?fs 

 var. ai'i/idiou and P. aeijon var. aljnna were also abundant, and fji/cacua 

 alcon, very fresh, was also in fair numbers, both 3 and $ . I'oh/uin- 

 matits orbitiiliis was not quite so numerous as it no doubt would have 

 been later, but ('. palaeno, in all its Swiss forms, and Picris callidive, 

 were abundant, and I also took some large specimens of Parnas^inK 

 mneiiiosi/nc in excellent condition at this unusual height (some 7000ft.), 

 though at Berisal they were beginning to be worn, Friday I spent 

 again at the fifth refuge, where my captures were much like those of 

 Tuesday, except that I took several /'. rhliiis $ . On Saturday, by 

 walking down early to Breig, and, taking train to Leuk, I got some 

 hours in the Pfynwald, my object being to find Li/cacna meleaaer and 

 Apatura ilia J ; I took two of the latter and three or four of the 

 former, but the Orobns nir/fr was not yet in blossom, and so there was 

 no special attraction to bring mdca<jpr together in any numbers. 



After my return to Aigle I did but little. The usual species were 

 there in their usual abundance, but I saw no specimen of Dryas var. 

 ralesina this year. At Villeneuve, in the middle of August, I took a 

 very good $ A. iri^i on the wing ; Zeplujrin^ hctulae was common there, 

 but very difficult to get, as it flew^ unusually high. 



Soon after my return to Veytaux I saw Mr. Fison's captures of this 

 summer in the Grisons. They included a number of Mditaca 

 maturna var. wolfcnsberf/eyi from Davos, several Arr/i/ninx adippe var. 

 cieod()xa,d>A\Ci a few TAmmitix impuli from Poschiavo, five lAbijtlu'a celtis 

 from Brusio, a number of Krebia rrijdu/lr, and a set of seven E. flam- 

 faaciata from the neighbourhood of Pontresina, six ^ and one $ , all 

 but the last being in splendid condition. On November 13th I again 

 examined his collection, in company with Chanoine Favre,and M.Wull- 

 schlegel ; one of the most interesting specimens is a hybrid between 

 C. palacno and (.'. phicoinunc, taken some years ago, but the locality of 

 w^hich he has unfortunately not noted. In the same week I had also 

 the pleasure of seeing the magnificent collection of Colonel Agassiz, at 

 Lausanne, in company with Mr. Sloper. 



A visit to Geneva at the end of the month procured me the 

 acquaintance of Professor Blachier, who most kindly put both his own 

 collection and that of the University Museum at my disposal for 

 examination, notes, &c., and who also gave me much information and 

 offered lists and dates of his captures. One piece of information 

 received from him is of special interest to collectors in Switzerland, 

 viz., that a few Lampidcs tclicaiins are now taken every year in the 

 gardens in and near Geneva. 



May I add that I should be greatly obliged if any other readers of the 

 Ent. lii'conl would send to me, at the Pension Masson, Veytaux, lists of 

 localities and dates both for Switzerland and the other Alps of Central 

 Europe, as I hope, if possible, to include the latter in the handbook 

 on which I am at work. Varieties and local forms have a special 

 interest. Resident entomologists, both native and foreign, have been 

 most kind. Much of the pleasure of the entomological year has been 



