i^90 THE KMOJIOLOUIsr's RECORD. 



in good time for dejeuner, at 12.80 p.m., and this after rejecting many 

 specnnens that I would have made a day's excursion forin England. The 

 weather continued hot and fine, though we had three excessively severe 

 thunderstorms, which one might have supposed would have washed all 

 the buttertlies ofi' the face of the earth. With the exception of a passr 

 generation of Xoiniades seinian/iis that disappeared after the first storm, 

 most of the species remained in excellent condition, and fresh N. 

 se)niar<n(H appeared again. Day after day passed thus ; new species kept 

 putting in an appearance and scarce a day passed without the pleasure of 

 taking for the first time, a species of which one had read, but which 

 was now a living reality, and possessing a more than doubled interest. 

 My captures were made on the heights above Villars, Chamossaire, 

 Perche, Col de la Croix, and the neighbourhood of Diablerets, but 

 mainly near the road between Villars and Gryon, the latter a village 

 of delightful chalets about three miles dov.n the c/uiiiiii de for, in the 

 direction of Bex. Among the species seen and captured were — Fapilio 

 iiiachaun, in company with I'l/raiiiein atalanta, swirling over the dizzy 

 precipice at the top of the Chamossaire mountain, at an elevation of 

 over 7000ft., also near Gryon, and in the pass between the 

 Diablerets and Argentines ; in the same pass I took a solitary 

 Parnassius delim ; Aporia crataciji, everywhere, and in excellent condi- 

 tion ; I bred one from a pupa found belted upon I'^/nis aria. I con- 

 tented myself with observing the common whites. A single specimen 

 of Ant/idchariH helia var. suiiploma was netted near Gryon, whilst Enchloi' 

 cardaiiiini's appeared on several occasions ; Lcjitidia sinapix. occurred 

 sparingly, and would probably have been common if worked for; ('alias 

 /ii/tde was in plenty but they were not all in good condition ; I only 

 detected ( '. cdii.sa in the Rhone Valley. A nice series of ( '. jduroDione 

 was taken at the foot of the Argentines, and a few specimens of 

 Goncjiterjij: rlniDini were noted here and there. Callop/iri/s nibi was 

 seen several times in wasted condition, whilst three species of the 

 Chrysophanids were taken near Villars, ri^., Chr!/s(iji/umii>< jddaca^^, n 

 worn specimen of ( '. helle, and a short but good series of C hippathoc, 

 one, an underside aberration, possessing two large irregular black spots. 

 The Lyctenids in the same district comprised I'lebeiiis aci/on, Polnoiu- 

 matus astrardie, P. icartis, P. conjdoii (very common after July 12th), 

 the lovely sky-blue /'. lujlaa, several in perfect condition, the even 

 more beautiful /'. daiiiu)i, fresh and in plenty, Cupidu iinniuia, Xuiiriadcs 

 setniariius (the commonest of all the blues, and in variable condition), 

 Lijcaciia alcnn, one worn example, and a good and varied series of L. 

 arion. One Avorn specimen of Xemrobiiix lucina was netted and released. 

 Among the Nymphalids I only secured one much torn specimen of 

 Liiin'iiiiis iiopnii, but saw others on several occasions when out of 

 reach. I was successful in finding eight pupa; of /.. camilla, a butter- 

 fly more intense and beautiful than />. dbijlla in its colouring. They 

 were found hanging on the extremities of the twigs of the species 

 of hone} suckle which grows abundantly among the woody undergrowth 

 adjoining the hotel, and nothing could have so admirably resembled 

 curled- up dead leaves. Four emerged satisfactorily, and one produced 

 an ichneumon fly. Araschnia leraiia I think I detected from the 

 railway carriage, but I cannot be quite sure; I'lih/ijania c-albiiin was 

 fairly common, but somewhat pass/-; Ai^lais artirae, as usual, was 

 everywhere, and I'ljraineis atalanta and 1'. cardni were common, especi- 



