LEPIDOPTERA OF HAUTE-SAVOIE : THE BREVENT. 827 



offer it to us to publish in the Record. Pi/raiiii'i:^ canhri, P. atalanta, 

 A/laiH nrticae, and Rnraiws^a antlopa were intorviewed, as also was 

 Leioptilus osti'oilacti/lus, and then, after a fine walk up the lonc^' zigzags 

 among the pines, one found oneself leaving the pine forest and coming 

 out on the big seam that is such a conspicuous feature at Chamonix, 

 and possibly a third or fourth of the way up the Brevent. Immediately 

 the fauna changed — Erehia (joante, E. tijnlarux, and swarms of E. 

 melainpits were around one everywhere. Anthrocera pitrpiiralis, quite 

 brilliantly tinted, boomed along in the sunshine, and worn Cnenonijin- 

 plia satijrion began to appear, but still Coiiafi elit'<a occasionally passed 

 us and continued to do so almost up to the inn known as "Plan Pra," 

 where, later, one was only too thankful to lunch, in spite of the high 

 price and poor fare. A single C. phicouione, a worn $ , also came to 

 the net, the only one I saw^ in the valley. I was glad to get it, as I 

 bad all along wondered why the species did not occur here, and Avas 

 inclined to think that, at last, in spite of suitable conditions, I had 

 found a valley that did not grow C. plilcoinonc.; I.yaena arion, a single 

 worn example, many were seen at the bottom of the ascent, all badly 

 worn, and worn C. var. iiordiiifi, also occurred here, as well as lower 

 down, whilst Acidalia tnntata was now frequently observed. More or 

 less worn Erehia stijgne and E. ceto, soon tempted me up among the 

 grass and heather and rocks, in the hopes of finding some better 

 examples, and I soon made up my mind that I had to get to the 

 summit by going straight ahead and chancing the possibilities. So I 

 went. These two last-named Erebias soon began to get into better 

 condition, Coononyuipha aatyrion swarmed, and had a marvellous knack 

 of being most abundant in the most inaccessible and difficult places, 

 and, when not clinging to the heather by one hand and netting with 

 the other, I was lying flat with my toes dug into the slopes for a rest 

 and a change. Then Eutheinoiiia russnla got up, and many Nemenphila 

 plaiitayinis, and soon, as E. ceto was left behind, E. mnestra appeared. 

 I climbed and crawled and sat and lay until I had got up about 800ft. of 

 the slope, and my box would seemingly hold no more. Already five or six 

 E. mnestra were pinned sideways on one pin, one above the other, the 

 Pariiassius apollo had been transferred to the lining of my hat, and sundry 

 other changes negotiated, and it became at last necessary to get oft" the 

 slope, besides all of which I was literally starving. As Mr. Moss has 

 before told us, rolls and butter and cottee (even with jam and honey 

 add^d) do not do much towards filling the aching void that an English 

 lepidopterist seems always to possess. The tall tough heather made 

 progress slow, certain insects must be taken after all, but, at last, I 

 observed that the heather and grass were getting shorter, and presently 

 a bending down of the herbage indicated a track. I followed the track 

 and it led to a splendid spring of water, boxed in (but unlocked), and with 

 pipes to carry the delicious fluid to the town below. Having refreshed 

 myself I sat down. A well-defined path zigzagged from the spring up 

 the mountain, walking was easy, and soon the net was busy again. A 

 good deal of squeezing followed, and the numbers in the tightly packed 

 box steadily increased. Sijnchthits alveus and .S. sao still appeared 

 with P. counna, and I was now up almost 7000ft. I had passed 

 thousands of Sciapldla anjentana, Boti/s aerealis, B. alpinalis, Cranibiis 

 conchellitfi, Scoparia sudetira, and now the leaden-coloured Hercyna 

 phriiyialu was in countless swarms, whilst a species closely allied to, 



