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condition ; Polynmmatus enmedun, on the Simplon Pass (July 9th) ; 

 F. (hmzdii, near Berisal (July 8th) ; P. h)jlas, on the Simplon Pass 

 (July 6th and 9th) ; P. esclieri, abundant and very fine on the Simplon 

 Pass between the second refuge and the Ganter Bridge (July 5th and 

 6th) ; P. eros, on the Simplon Pass (July 9th) ; /'. orbitulus, on the 

 south side of the Simplon Pass (July 11th) ; P. pliereten, near the fifth 

 refuge on the Simplon Pass (July 9th), and in the Laquinthal (July 

 11th) ; /'. optilete, one S on the north side of the Simplon Pass (July 

 7th), and one opposite the old Hospice (July 11th) ; PiMsticaft zeplii/riis 

 var. li/eidas, both ^ s and 2 s in perfect condition and fairly abundant 

 near the second refuge on the Simplon Pass (July 5th, 6th, and 8th) ; 

 Thecla ilicis, Aigie (June 25th), Martigny (June 27th and 28th), 

 Pfynwald (July 3rd), near Vevey (July 14th), nearly always in poor 

 condition ; Parnassiua deliiis ab. inornata, on the Simplon Pass (July 

 9th) ; P. delius ab. ? hardwickii, on the Simplon Pass (July 9th) ; P. 

 mncmosyyie, fairly plentiful at Berisal (July 6th and 8th), but all in a 

 worn condition ; Pieria napi var. J bryoniae, in the Laquinthal (July 

 12th) ; P. callidice, at the top of the Simplon Pass (July 7th) : Leptosia 

 sinapis ab. $ erysimi, Pfynwald (July 8rd) ; Colias pluconione, plentiful 

 near the top of the Simplon Pass (July 7th) ; Aiyyuim niobe var. erU, 

 Pfynwald (July 8rd and 4th) ; Isxoria lat/nmia, Pfynwald (July 3rd and 

 4th) ; Birnthis daphne, several good specimens at Martigny (June 27th 

 and 28th) ; B. ainathtma, Finshauts (July 1st), and in the Laquinthal 

 (July 12th); B. dia, A\gle (June 25th), Martigny (June 28th); B. 

 pales ab. 5 napaea, on the Simplon Pass (July 9th) ; Melitaea phoebe, 

 Martigny (June 27th and 28th), Pfynwald (July 3rd) ; M. did y ma, 

 Aigle (June 25th), Martigny (June 28th) ; M. aurelia, on the Simplon 

 Pass (July 6th, 7th, Sth, and 11th) ; M. parthenie, Finshauts (June 

 29th); M. athalia, Aigle (June 25th), above Trient (July 2nd); M. 

 dicfyiDia, Aigie (June 25th), above Trient (July 2nd) ; Limenitis Camilla, 

 Martigny (June 27th), Pfynwald (July 4th) ; L. sibylla, Aigle (June 

 25th) ; Apatura ilia, one freshly emerged and very fine 3^ iu the 

 Pfynwald (July 4th) ; A. ilia ab. clytie, one worn $ near Vevey (July 

 14th) ; Pararye iiiera, Finshauts (July 1st) ; P. achine, Aigle (June 

 25th) ; Satyius heniiione, x\igle (June 25th), Martigny (June 27th), 

 Pfynwald (July 3rd) ; S. rirce, two cf s and one ? near Vevey (July 

 14th), all tine and freshly emerged specimens; S. eordida, a particularly 

 fine (? near the second refuge on the Simplon Pass (July 6th) ; 

 Kpinephele lycaun, Pfynwald (July 3rd), on the Simplon Pass (July 

 8th) ; Coenonyniplta iphis, Aigie (June 25th) ; C. arcania var. insubrica, 

 in the Laquinthal (July 12th) ; C. arcania var, darwiniana, on the 

 Simplon Pass (July 7th, and 11th), — this insect looks fresh on the 

 wing, but it is not easy to get perfect specimens ; C. satyrion, Trient 

 (July 2nd) ; Oeneis aello, one $ and one ? , both fine, near the top of 

 the Simplon Pass (July 7th, 9th) ; Erebia christi, one rather worn 

 specimen on the south side of the Simplon Pass (July 11th), — a search 

 for this insect in the Laquinthal on July 11th and 12th proved fruit- 

 less, the season being an early one it was probably over ; A\ vmeatra, 

 on both sides of the Simplon Pass (July 7th, 9th, and 11th) ; E. ceto, 

 Finshauts (June 29th), Trient (July 2nd) ; A', styyne, Finshauts (June 

 29th and 30th), Trient (July 2nd) ; IE. euryale, extraordinarily 

 abundant on Ijoth sides of the Simplon Pass (July 6th to 12th) ; E. 

 liyea, very fine in the Pfynwald (July 3rd) ; E. yoante, in the 



