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for Chn/suphanu^ aniphidamas, but an expedition on the following day 

 showed" that, in this season, I was too early, indeed, the almost entire 

 absence of butterflies was remarkable, the weather being magnihcent. 

 On the 26th I started for the village of St. Georges, m the Jura, 

 passing the night at Gimel-sur-Eolle, where, on my return on July 1st, 

 I obtained a fine fresh series of Coenonympha typhon, of a form tending 

 towards lauliov, as well as a few fresh BrentJm ino. St. Georges itsel 

 was my first introduction to the Jura, the butterflies of which are most 

 interesting, very few of the more variable species being identical in 

 form with those of the Alps, the tendency generally being towards 

 southern forms. During the four days of my stay I took the following 

 45 species -.—Hesperia alvem, H. malvae, Pyrgiis sao, N^soniades tar/es, 

 Pamphila sylvanus, CImjsophanm JdppotJioe, Cupido wimma {excessively 

 abundant).' Nomiades semiargns, Polyomwatus bellaryus, P. hylas var. 

 nigropunctata only, P. alexia, Rmticm arym, R. aryyrognomon, 

 Nemeobim lucina, Papilio podalirius (common), Apona erataeyi (very 

 abundant), Pieris brassicae (abundant), P. rapae, P. napi (one ? only 

 near the top of the Jura, intermediate between type and var. bryomae), 

 Euchloe cardamines, Leptosia dnapis (common), Cnlia^ hyale (common), 

 Cionepteryx rhamni (common, and certainly not hybernated), Issoria 

 lathonia,' Brenthis enphro^i/ne, B. ino (also at Gimel), Melitaea cmxm 

 (common), Melitaea parthenie (very bright), M. didyma (<? s only, one 

 with a very pale broad border to the forewings), M. dictynna, Pyranms 

 cardui, P. atalanta, Vav<-s.a in. Aylais urticae (the last four hybernated), 

 Pnlngonia c-album, Pararge moera, P. Uera (rather common but 

 becoming worn, very large and dark), P. weyaera, P. egena (generally 

 var. intermedia, and never quite reaching var. eyerides, mostly much 

 worn) Epinephele jurtina, Aphantopm hyperanthus, Coenonympha iphn 

 (just emerging), C. pamphilm, C. typhon (at Gimel only), Ereha 

 wediim (inclining towards var. hippomediisa), and Melanarfiia galatea. 



On returning to Switzerland on August 7th, we stayed for a few 

 days at Vallorbe, so that I had a few further days' experience of the 

 Jura. The cold was intense, except for a few hours now and then, 

 but I took the following species -.—Hesperia malvae, Pamphila comma 

 (small and rather dull), Polyommatiis damon (nearly all tending 

 towards var. ferreti), P. vorydon (very abundant and rather variable), 

 P. alexii^ (very worn), Paniassim apollo (mostly var. pseudonomion, 

 though not strongly marked), Aporia crataegi (very small and worn), 

 Pierifi rapae, Colias hi/ale, Gonepteryx rhamni, Argynnis aglaia, A. 

 adippe, Brenthis ino, Aglais urticae, Limenitis Camilla, Satyrns hermione, 

 Hipparehia semele (<? s only, corresponding with ah. pallida), Epinephele 

 jurtina, Erebia aethiops (verv abundant, small and strongly marked, 

 mostly ab. violacea) and Melanargia galatea (very worn and rather 

 small). There is, in the Lycaenids, on the Jura, a strongly marked 

 tendency to blue in the ? ; Colonel Agassiz has, in his collection 

 magnificent examples of the vars. .syngrapha, ceronus, metalhca and 

 caerulea from this range, the ? s are, indeed, mostly tinged more or 

 less with blue, and I have even taken at St. Georges a 5 ^om^adesi 

 semiargns in which this tendency is very marked. 



On returning to Montreux I twice saw specimens of Satynis cine 

 near Sonzier, viz., on August 30th and September 4th, but on neither 

 occasion was I able to obtain it. I give a list of the butterflies I saw 

 near Sonzier on September 2nd as the date is late for the majority ot 



