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f-prin^- type, were not at all unexpected. I'aranji iiKnuerawas conuuon 

 everywhere, but only two (or three at most) I'amrnc eijcria var. 

 interniecUa were seen, the one captured being a very fine 3 . Two 

 Cnliaa hijalc were netted, but not a single C cdiisa was good enough 

 to keep ; and, although several <? Kiiihlik cardawincii, large and 

 well-coloured were taken, no 5 was seen. Many I,curnphania sjnapis 

 were captured, and I was rather surprised to find the $ s uniformly 

 of much smaller size than the J s. Coeunnijiiijilia iianiphilnn was 

 common on all the grassy plots, and, in one shady nook under the 

 trees, Xemeobius Invhia flitted strongly from bush to bush ; but all 

 those captured were passe, except a giant ? taken by the doctor. 

 Poll/onniiotiis icaras was well out, as also was ( 'ltn/so/ilia)tiis p/daras, 

 all the specimens with a very strong marginal series of red spots on 

 the miderside of the hindwings and the upperside with blue spots 

 ( = ab. caernlcopiDHta) ; a single, quite-recently emerged, specimen of 

 Pamphila sijlraniis was captured, and also a single Sj/n'c/ithiis inalrae: 

 Pitbimii Hiatus astrarc/ic was Avorn ; of Ci/aniris aniioliis the Js were 

 over, but the 2 s were still in good condition. The only moths taken 

 were Strrnia dathrata and yiinoa eiipJidrbiata, one specimen of the 

 well-known dark-grey form, the others of a pale silky greyish-ochreous 

 tint, very different from the reddish ones taken a few days before at 

 Agay. After lunch at Contra we walked on up the Val Verzasca, but 

 there was no sun on our side of the valley, and we had left the 

 butterflies behind us. On the rocky walls, cases of Iknthrsia alpcstrdla 

 were abundant, and a beautiful silvery specimen (unfortunately broken 

 in the setting-case) of Bnamua viiictaria was taken. Cases of Taleporia 

 tubulom, fjUffia lapiilcUa, and Xari/cia vionilifera made up the rest of 

 our take. I may add that ]>iiirnaea faijella was found on the rocks. 

 It seemed a strange species to take with C'nlias In/ale, Pamphila 

 siflra)tus, etc., from the British standpoint. /'/cr/s hra.ssirar and P. 

 rapar were very abundant, /'. iiapi less so. Several species of the 

 Vanessids were observed— ^f//^<^ssrt io, I'urameis atalanta, and /'. 

 lanlui. Puprt' of Aporia vrataeiji were spun up on the walls, and 

 larvae of Afilais urticae were almost full-fed. Cases of Pachytluiia 

 villosella and Avanthitpsijrhe uparella were fairly abundant on all the 

 stone walls and other suitable places by the roadside. 



April 21st was dull, and we walked over the hills to Ronco, dropping 

 down to the pier at Brissago, and returning to Locarno by boat. A 

 couple of larvae of l^arlu/i/antria trifolii were found almost before we 

 had left the town, one sunning itself on a stone. Except for two breaks 

 of about five minutes each the sun positively refused to shine throughout 

 the day, and during that time we saw only t'allnphri/s ruhi, abundant, 

 Paranje eijeria var. intertnedia, 3 and $ , P. majaera, KiicJdiic cania- 

 jiiines, 3, I'oh/oiiuiiatus icarns, 5 , and the two common Pierids, 

 Hiultilia iihiphii-a and Acidalia inanjiiu'punrtata, a form very near our 

 Dartmoor one, and Kiipithvria jmniilata were the only other Macro- 

 lepidoptera observed. In the evening it rained, and it rained all night, 

 and all next day, and all the next night,' without ceasing, so we went 

 on to Lucerne in the morning, leaving the Doctor and Mr. Bourgeois 

 to outstay the rain. Locarno appears to be a place of marvellous 

 possibilities entomologically. It did not give me, at any rate, a fair 

 chance to sample its lepidopterous fauna. 



