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tremendously heavy fall of rain in the Val d' Kerens on the night of 

 August 12th, and the morning of the 13th was very dull, and re- 

 mained so until after noon. Between noon and 2 p.m., whilst walk- 

 ing between Useigne and Vex, the males of rart/ictria dispar were 

 in great numbers, flying rapidly with their well-known zigzag flight 

 over the roadway, and repeatedly resting on the damp ground with 

 examples of Melitaea (lidi/ina, Kjiiiicphele Itjcaon and Puli/uintiiatKsicorus, 

 which were abundant there. I may add that the last-named species, 

 which, in Switzerland, has never been, in my experience, a " common " 

 blue, was here exceptionally abundant, the greater number of speci- 

 mens of both sexes being of the ab. icarinus, without the basal spots 

 to the forewings.— Ibid. 



Abundance of Anticlea behberata. — I have often noticed Anticlea 

 berherata in fair numbers in the Alps, but quite an exceptional number 

 was seen on the morning of August 13th, near Useigne, on the 

 rough-hewn rocks by the roadside, where some dozens were observed 

 in a very limited area, almost every rough crack affording a hiding- 

 place for one or more examples. A few well-grown barberry bushes 

 grew at the top of the steep slopes on the other side of the road. 

 None of the rocks passed during the remainder of the journey seemed 

 to have more than an occasional odd example of the species on them. 

 • — Ibid. 



Insects at light at Chamonix. — For a week Mont Blanc was in 

 tears; from the evening of August 14th until that of August 20th rain 

 was the order of the day — rain, accompanied by cold, until the 18th, 

 when the weather changed to a fine warm afternoon, overcast evening, 

 and warm, drenching rain all night and next day. On the evening 

 of the 18th, moths were common at the electric light in the garden 

 of the Hotel Mer-de-Glace at Chamonix, mostly out of reach, but 

 many odd specimens of a variety of species came within reach of the 

 net, and were duly captured. None were rare, and only deserve to be 

 chronicled as possibly being of service some day to the future compiler 

 of a distribution list of our Savoy species. Those captured included 

 a fine $ (Knistis quadra, $ Lj/niantria monacha, $ Ayctunvjscis var. 

 niyricar, both sexes of Xi/lopliasia lateritia, X. jxili/odott, a large number 

 of Apainea oculea (almost as variable as in England), two S Lnperina 

 cespitia in fine condition, l))epana falcataria 2 , JJoaniiia repandata, in 

 numbers, but mostly worn, Kllopia prosajiiaria var. prasiiiaria (several 

 appeared in the early part of the evening, but only three $ s and no 

 (J s were captured), Coreinia ferrtujata (three $ s, worn), Gnuphoa 

 dilncidaiiu (only $ s), Strenia clathrata (one S only), Acidalia 

 incanata (a J ), A. Imetata (a <? ), Anticlea berherata (both 

 sexes, worn), 'J'hera obeliscata (one $ ), Larentia didj/niata (Js and 

 <J s, the latter worn), Cidaria imnianata (one $ ), Acidalia inor7iata, a 

 (? , Boti/s terreaiis, many Craiiibim culmelliis, etc. Many other insects 

 were not caught. An Arctiid, that may have been Arctia caia, several 

 Noctuids that may have been I'luaia festiicae, and may not have been 

 that species, but that looked quite ruddy in the light, and at least one 

 Sphingid species, were among the number that remained uncaught 

 and, therefore, undetermined. One species of Trichoptera was ex- 

 ceedingly numerous. — J. W. Tutt. 



Assembling of Tinea cloacella, Hw. — On May 27th, 1903, I 

 noticed a swarm of small moths flying and crawling on the underside 



