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as he only spoke his own language, and I did not, we got no 

 " forrader." After much dela}', I was sent under guard to the citadel, 

 and was again equally hopelessly interrogated by higher officials, who 

 spoke neither French nor English. They evidently suspected me, 

 most unjustly, of knowing German, for — by the way they insisted 

 upon seemg the contents of all my pockets — when I showed a " pocket 

 pistol " of whisky and water, saying "flask," as I had named every 

 other article in turn, one very typical German, in a green uniform, 

 sprang forward, seized the lapel of my coat, and brmging his face 

 down to mine, snarled, " Hein ! You no hab Deutsch ? ' Flasche ' 

 ist Deutsch. A-rrh ! vat you said." 1 gently suggested that the 

 name of the vessel was practically the same to both of us, but lh;it the 

 spirit was good Dewar, and like myself a British subject. Not to pro- 

 long an amusing scene which, however, is not entomology, they found 

 at last a private who had been in England, and could speak the 

 language of civilisation. He came, and in a few moments I was 

 discharged, " without a stain on my character." It caused some 

 amusement when I ventured through the interpreter to express regret 

 for the trouble I had inadvertently given, but official dignity was 

 greatly ruffled when, through the same mouthpiece, 1 asked if I might 

 come again to-morrow. Next day I tried Gottenheim, another haunt 

 of ('. var. rutilits, but with no belter luck. The 11th was dull with 

 slight showers. I took, however, two Aporiu crataetii at rest on 

 flowers of scabious. One of these, a female, is of remarkable beauty, 

 apparently just emerged, the underside of the secondaries being of a 

 strong maize colour. The coloration is visible on the upperside. but 

 it is on the underside that the full etfect of this unusual tint is seen. 

 The oosta and tips of the primaries are slightly tinged with the same, 

 but the contrast of their semi-transparent whiteness, with the smooth 

 imit'orm opaque yellow of the lower Avings, reminded me forcibly of 

 the startling effect of the under f*ide of Delias eucharh. The same 

 ground where, on June KJth, 1901, 1 had taken Thecla jinini, worn 

 but common, did not yield one this year, or anything, indeed, but 

 Brt'iithi!> sdeue, and a few Viial/ictfs trifaiiciata on tree-trunks. On the 

 l'2th, being a little brighter, Paran/e acliinc appeared in numbers in the 

 wood, commonly settling on damp patches in the road, or on the 

 lowest sprays of beech or hazel in the open glades. The question is 

 whether the cold and wet had shortened the length of the spring flight 

 of C var. riitilKs and postponed the advent of T. pruni, or whether 

 neither had yet emerged, or both were prematurely over ? Last season, 

 at the same date, Linnmitis dbi/Ua, Brrathis ino, and others, were to be 

 had abundantly in these woods by the railway. Other things noted 

 at Freiburg on this visit were Leptidia sinapt!^ ab. dininnsis, <}onop- 

 teryx rhaiiini (worn), J'oli/ominatus icaraa (one male), Polijijonia c-album 

 (worn), as also I'ijranieh vardui, Vanenfia io, I'aranie eifi'-riu var. eijeri- 

 des, Cocnonyinpha paniphiliis and Carti-rorephaliiH palaeinon (botli com- 

 mon). Out of conceit with Freiburg we left for Susa, at which little 

 town of classic fame we arrived on the evening of the lOth. Here we 

 had three fine hot days during our stay, which extended to midday of 

 the 21st. Though so much further south, Nature seemed to belittle 

 more forward here than at Freiburg. On the l.Sth, about "jOOft. above 

 Sta. Maria della Luso, I found the meadows filled with the pheasant- 

 eved narcissus, in its first <_!:l()r\'. with (h-iiitho'iahnu luifam^ and others, 



