17G THE entomologist's RECORD. 



enhance their beauty if the mopping of one's face necessitates the hat being 

 pushed back or being removed very often. One of the $ s of P. ajxdlo, 

 captured at Hiiteck, has the large central spot of hindwings entirely 

 red (ab. ni/a) without a white centre. I took a similar fine ? at 

 Bourg St. Maurice, at the end of July, 1898 ; also J and ? at 

 Courmayeur, August, 1898; <? at Simplon, at the end of July 1899,. 

 etc., but it is a distinctly rare form in my experience. 



In the lower part of the valley I was glad to see (rtnuqrteryx 

 rhamni flying, and, all the way up to Hiiteck, Leptoaia nnapin was 

 common, the 5 s with very little apical marking. Melanargia (jalathea 

 was everywhere abundant but worn to shreds, and, with the exception 

 of a few worn Erebia aethiops in one or two spots, the only Krebia of 

 this part of the valley was Erebia <iuante. This species was in the 

 greatest abundance, ? s being not at all infrequent. Few Pararge 

 iiiaera were up to setting standard, and a single $ Melltaea didijma 

 with rather dark forewings, taken just above Hiiteck, was netted. 

 Worn ('hnji^iiphanm vdv. i/nrdius were not uncommon, one <? having 

 the middle apical spots of the forewing united. A solitary < Hin/sophaniis 

 phku'cis, moderately dark, was the only one seen, and only one Tlieda 

 spini was worth taking. Si/richtJu(s alccus was abundant enough, and 

 5. .srto, Pamphila syhmntifi and TliyiiieUcna than mas were captured. I'oly- 

 ovnriatm corydon, P. icariis, P. hylas, P. astrarehe, P. eiDiiedon, and 

 P. donzdii were the only Lycienids observed, while among the 

 Anthrocerids, Anthrocera purpuralin, A. traiisalpina, A. Jilipendulae, 

 A. lonicerae, and A. carniolica were taken, A. lonicerae though was 

 getting into very bad condition. The only other moths netted were 

 Miiioa cHphorbiata, Syntoinis phcyea, and Ennychia cinyidata. 



•Just after we had passed Hiiteck the clouds collected over the 

 valley, and, rapidly as they can gather in the Alps, they soon shut out 

 the sun, and within half -an -hour a storm set in that did not clear 

 until Saas-Grund was reached. On my arrival there, however, I found 

 Mr. Morel, a w'ell-known French coleopterist, who had been collecting 

 coleoptera and lepidoptera for some six weeks in the valley. 



As it was so wet on my journey up from Hiiteck to Saas-Grund, I 

 went for a walk down the valley as far as the bridge above Hiiteck on 

 two occasions, August 7th and 9th, but the season was evidently over, 

 and, in many respects, I was wofully disapponited, although I obtained 

 many insects that were of use to me. Still the Erebias of the valley were 

 over and I set free six to every one I retained as being worth setting. 

 The only exception was E. yoante, which was in the greatest abundance 

 and finest condition. Issoria lathania was again still abundant and just 

 coming out, also Epinephele lycaon, of which occasional $ s with the whole 

 central area of the forewings of quite a yellow tint ( = ab. pallida), were the 

 only ones I felt called upon to capture. A single fine small Erebia euryale 

 was taken on each occasion, the species had been over a good fortnight 

 Mr. Morel said, whilst a few Erebia tyndarux were netted, and, in one 

 corner, where E.. melauipus was not yet altogether done with, I took a 

 few specimens as examples of the district. Polyoiiniiatiis douzelii males, 

 were at the runnels on August 7th, with Polyoiiiniatus astrarche, P. 

 icarus, P. corydon and Irusticii.'i aryiis [aryyroynonwn), and I took four 

 very good specimens of the first named, and several of the others, all 

 being in good condition, whilst one slightly worn P. erus ^ was 

 rather in the nature of a surprise. Here, too, Syrirlit/ms alveux and 



