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that day. On the 13th, an expedition through Frenieres and Les 

 Plans to, and above, the Pont de Nant, did not produce anything 

 exciting, but at Frenieres I took one dark specimen of Melitaea 

 athalia $ , the central light band of which, underside hindwing, was 

 of a pearly whiteness suggestive of Eiihl's var. helvetica, but the upper- 

 side did not correspond with his description. At Les Plans, butterflies 

 were very few, but above the Pont de Nant I met with Paranje 

 hiera, Pieris var. bryoniae, and a very large specimen of Coennmjuipha 

 satyrion. On the following day, M. athalia, Liiiienitis sibylla, and 

 Pararye achine literally swarmed at Charpigny, as was also the case on 

 the 16th, when Thecla apini and T. iliris were likewise fairly numerous. 

 On the 17th, I went for the day to Martigny to meet Dr. Crowfoot and 

 his party. Following the old route under theclifi's, towards Vernayaz, 

 we succeeded in taking most of the species of which my companions 

 were in search, especially may be mentioned Brenthis daphne, Lycaena 

 amanda, and Erehia sfyyne. Liwenitis sibylla, which is very rarely 

 found so far up the Rhone valley, also put in an appearance, and I 

 took a fine ? Chry.wphawis viryaureae, which one also very rarely finds 

 at so low a level. On this occasion I also found five larvae of Satnrnia 

 pyri in an early stage ; two of them died during the following moult, 

 and the other three came, alas ! to a bad end later at Fusio, at the 

 hands of a non-entomologica} fcm )iie-de-chawbre. 



On the 20th, train to Aigle, and a walk back with Mr. Sloper to 

 8t. Triphon station. We took 2 Apatiira ilia and saw A . iris .• Paraye achine 

 was very abundant and so was Brenthis ino, the latter, however, being 

 somewhat worn. We secured a number of larv» of pAivancssa antiopa, 

 and, at Charpigny, I at last succeeded in taking three specimens of 

 Thecla acaciae, though none were in really first-class condition. T. w- 

 albiini was also taken, but how difficultit is to set Theclas without spoiling 

 them. Another specimen of T. acaciae fell to my lot at the same place on 

 the following day, and I also took, at Charpigny, a specimen of Parnas- 

 fiius apollo whose large crimson spots were quite without white. This 

 form, of which I have taken several specimens during the last two years 

 in different localities, presents a very remarkable facies, especially when 

 the spots are large, and seems much more worthy of a name than 

 several forms which have been dignified with this distinction ; had I 

 known how wide-spread it is at the time of publishing my book, I 

 should certainly have named it then. Mr. Tutt has, I understand, 

 recently named it rufa. 



On the 23rd I took train to St. Maurice, walking back to Lavey. 

 At the latter place, amongst other things, were Limenitis cainilla and 

 L. sibylla. M. athalia was abundant but small, a few $ Satyrus cordula 

 had appeared, and I took one specimen of Brentlns daphne, the first 

 record for the Canton of Vaud. Mr. Sloper, by the way, has added 

 another species to the fauna of the Canton, having taken several 

 specimens of Lycaena amanda in the marshy ground between St. 

 Triphon and the railway. On the following day I walked up to 

 Frenieres, when I found Brenthis ino still fresh, Melitaea athalia 

 abundant, Brenthis aiimthusia and CoenunyiniJia ipJns in some numbers, 

 jind a plentiful but very small brood of C. hippnthoe. I took also a 

 specimen of Polyovwiatus escheri, which seems to have now established 

 itself in this corner of the Canton. Next day I went to Aigle to meet 

 Dr. and Mrs. Keynes, and had an interesting walk with them up the 

 Sepey road. The weather was not propitious, but we took many of 



