320 THE entomologist's record. 



Two more seasons among the Swiss Butterflies. 



By G. WHEELER, M.A. 



The title of this paper is perhaps somewhat of a misnomer, since I 

 was absent from Switzerland during July and the first week of August 

 last year, and this year there can hardly be said to have been a 

 "season" at all; however, it will serve to connect the present with 

 my previous papers, so let it stand. The season of 1902 was late, and 

 not even Gonepteryx rhawni put in an appearance till March 7th, 

 followed on the 16th by Af/lais urticae, and on the 19th by Eugonia 

 polychloros, Vavesm in and Enranesm antiopa, no freshly emerged 

 butterfly greeting my eye before April 1st, which produced Pierh 

 brcifisicae, followed on the 5th by Enchln'e card amines. The next week 

 I went to St. Maurice, when I saw my first Papilio machann of the 

 season on the 14th, Pieris rapae and P. napi on the 15th, and Lcptosia 

 sinapis on the 16th, Pararye egeria, at Vernayaz, on the 20th, Cyainris 

 an/iolus on the 22nd, and Cnpido miniwa, also at Vernayaz, on the 

 25th. Most of these species were late, but Callopluys rnbi was worn 

 by the 21st. On the 30th, however, I saw 22 different species at 

 Vernayaz, including hHoria lathonia, Brentlm eiiphrosyne, B. dia, 

 Noiu'ohiiis liichia, Polyumniatus baton, Cupido nebms, &c. Nomiadea 

 cyllarua first appeared at Sierre on May 7th, where I also took a very 

 fresh specimen of the valley form of Anthocaris Kimphmia, hitherto 

 confused with A. belia var. aiisonia, to which I have given the varietal 

 name fiaridinr, another specimen of which I took at Lavey on the 27th. 

 On the 15th I went to Branson to look for Pulyommatiis orion, and found a 

 few only, and those not in very good condition, but this was more than 

 .made up for by a magnificent specimen of X. cyllann^ ab. mbtnsradiata, 

 in which the band of eye-spots on the underside of each wing is pro- 

 longed into large black dashes. At Sion, on the 21st, ^lelitaea avrelia 

 was in considerable numbers and fresh, Nonuades cyllarm being also 

 abundant. On the 24th came a most welcome visit from Mr. Buck- 

 master, but the weather was not propitious, and I fear that nothing 

 more exciting was found than N. cyllarits, L'upido sebrus and Melitaea 

 parthtnie. During his stay at Martigny, we met several times, but 

 neither of us had much to report ; he took two worn Lycaena iolas, ? 

 and S , at Branson, on June Brd, where I failed to find any on the 

 following day, though I took Ercrfs aryiadcs ab. polyKperrhou, Colias 

 ediim ab. Iidicc and Poly(»iniiatiis bdlaryus ab. puncta, the only form of 

 the latter that occurred that day. On the 2nd I had been to Bouveret, 

 and was disappointed to find no Brenthif^ xelene, though I took a couple 

 of Melitaea aurinia ? , of the onentalia form, and M. dictynna was as 

 fine as it usually is in this locality. May and the first half of June had 

 been wet and cold, with occasional changes to warmth and brightness, 

 but towards the end of this month the weather began to look up, and 

 from the 19th onwards it was mostly magnificent, the one exception 

 occurring on the 20th, when I had gone up the Val d'Anniviers to 

 look for M. waturna var. irolfensberyeri, and got only a wetting for my 

 pains. At Vernayaz, on the 19th, ChrysophanuH aUiphron var. 

 f/ordiys, Lyraena amanda, Aryynnix daphne and Erebia styyue, were 

 well up to time, and I took the same species and one Lycaena 

 iolaa $ , in excellent condition at Follaterre on the 21st. On the 23rd 

 I went to Chalel-St. -Denis, in order to search the slopes of the Moleson 



