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met with a single specimen since 1899. Brentim dia was also flying 

 and Pararc/e ))ie(/oera very abundant, but I was evidently too early for 

 Melitaea anrelia, as there was no sign of it in its usual haunts. 

 An early visit to the K. var. roretas ground, about a mile to the S.W. of 

 Sion, between the railway and the Rhone, produced a few ? s, and a 

 walk through the Pfynwald in the afternoon also gave E, var, coretas, 

 Polyowmatnahellarcius oh.puncta, Colias hyale, Lepto^ia miapis (type), &c., 

 but a magnificent example of Papilioporlaliriusah. feisthaweli, which dis- 

 played itself fully on a blackthorn bush before my eyes, was lost, my net 

 being caught on* the bush. Early on the following morning we went 

 to Zermatt by the first train of tlie season— not, at this early period, 

 for butterflies, but to exhibit the Matterhorn to some young nieces — 

 and while walking down from St. Nicholas to Stalden, I saw more 

 Envanessa antiopa than I have ever seen before, and took a specimen 

 of Euchlo'e cavflamines with the disc of the forewing lemon-yellow on 

 the underside, a form not very uncommon in the Rhone valley, to 

 which I have given the name ab. citronea. The following day, when 

 walking down from the 2nd Refuge on the Simplon to Brig by the 

 short road, I found Nonnadei< ctillarux. in great abundance in a field 

 about a mile above the town, and, in the same spot, a fresh brood of 

 Melitaea aurinia, a very bright form bordering on var. orientaliii. 

 During May and early -Tune I paid several visits to the Grangettes and 

 to Bouveret in search of IlirntJiia aclene, which Mr. Tutt had asked me 

 to procure, but in vain ; the only specimen I saw was at Revereulaz, 

 some 2000 feet above the valley, which I visited on May 30th, 

 probably for the only time in my life, for the steepness of the road is 

 frightful; at the beginning of the ascent at Vionnaz I took a good 

 specimen of L'arterocephalux palaemon, always a sporadic species with 

 us. A five days' visit to the Rochers-de-Naye, beginning on the 12th 

 of June, was wholly unprofitable, though the flowers were in perfection, 

 for thick clouds surrounded the hotel during the whole time, and on 

 the 15th, snow fell from morning till night. The next incident worth 

 mentioning was a visit to Martigny on the 18th, in company with Mr. 

 Sloper, when Chrywphantis var. f/ordhis, Li/caena amanda, BrentJns 

 daphne, Melitaea var. berisalensis, Erebia stycfne and E. evias were 

 obtained, the first two being fairly abundant, and the two Erebias a 

 little worn. On the same occasion I also took Pararge nieyaera ab. 

 alberti, which has been curiously common this year in the Rhone 

 valley, especially between Aigle and St. Triphon, a fairly well-marked 

 form, occurring somewhat frequently in the ? , and occasionally, 

 though rarely, in the S . On the 25th I went up the Tiniere valley, 

 behind Villeneuve, in search of Chrywphanm amphidamai^, which Mr. 

 Chadwick had taken there last year. My search was unsuccessful, and 

 the day turned dull, but I took Pararge hiera about a mile above 

 Villeneuve, and further up found a good point for Erebia neme, 

 (Jnennnyiiipha arcarda, Pararge iiwera, and others were also to be met 

 with. Hearing next morning from Mr. Fison, that he had lately 

 taken Chry^ophanm ainphidamai^ at Caux, I made an expedition there 

 in search of it, but the time at my disposal was short, and I afterwards 

 discovered that I had not gone quite far enough along the road 

 towards the Rochers-de-Naye. I took, however, among several 

 Chrysophanus hippothoe $ s, one which had an unusual development of 

 blue spots within the orange border of the upperside of the hindwings. 



