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the species generally to be foand there at this time of year, including 

 Apatuia iris; and Pararf/c achine, on the way down, and at the side of the 

 first short cut, I took a couple of specimens of T/ujuielicKs actaeon. On 

 Monday, the 27th, I met the same friends at Vernayaz,and wall^ed across 

 the valley and down by the narrow cliff-path to the (jnlutea patch, but 

 saw no signs of Lycaena tolas : we took, on the way, several Brenthis 

 daphne, which M^as difficult to find now in good condition, as well as 

 Saf.i/ri(s nirdtda, Cltrysajdianus virgaureac, itc, but the wind was truly 

 awful, and came, as it very seldom does, right up to the cliffs. On the 

 :28th, I went no further than the banks of the Clryonne, where, amidst a 

 vast profusion of insects, the only capture unusual in these parts was 

 the type form of An/i/nnis niobe. On the 29th, I went from Aigle 

 through Yvorne and Corbeyrier to Luan, and the mountain behind it. 

 On the way up I saw practically nothing, but just above Luan I came 

 .across a specimen of Enodia kyperantltaa ab. caeca, and, by dint of 

 netting, and turning out again, some 50 specimens, I succeeded in 

 taking three more of the same form. Further up were a fair number 

 of Erebias, Evebia Ibjea, E. oeuie and E. nielampas, as well as the large 

 Argynnids, and a very few specimens of Lycaena arion. On the way 

 down I came across numbers of Aporia crataeyi, still very fresh even 

 below Corbeyrier, and also the first specimens of this year's Polyouimatus 

 damon. A walk on the banks of the Gryonne, on July 1st, showed that 

 Dryas paphia was now out. as well as the 2nd brood of Cnpido sehrua ; 

 I also took a pair of Xep/iyrus quercm. The next day we returned to 

 Montreux. 



On Monday, July 4th, T met Mr. Muschamp at Lausanne, and 

 we started together for the wood, where he had so large a 

 take of Apaturids last year (1903). The day was not all that could be 

 desired, bat the morning was very bright and we arrived early on the 

 scene, and large as had been the expectations I had formed, they 

 were in no way doomed to disappointment, except that the first fresh- 

 ness was worn off both species, especially A. ilia. Of course the 

 majority of examples kept high up in the trees, but during the whole 

 time, up to 2 p.m., when it clouded over, there were always many in 

 sight, and a very fair proportion descended to the' road. The most 

 remarkable thing was the large percentage among the numbers of A. 

 iris which were either ab. iole or a transitional form. These amounted, 

 I should say, to 15 per cent, at least. Amongst the A. ilia were 

 many var. clytie, but these were unfortunately for the most part worn 

 and toi'n. The only other abundant species were Eagonia palychloros, 

 Dry as papliia, and Aphantopus hyperanthas, but two specimens of 

 Satynis riire were seen and one taken. Having taken one of the very 

 useful tickets which permits one to travel anywhere in Switzerland, 

 except on the mountain railways, for a month, I spent July 6th again 

 in the same locality, where, in addition to such things as I had seen 

 two days before, 1 took a ^ A. iris, and another 2 of almost iole 

 form, as well as the corresponding, but much scarcer, ab. iliades of A. 

 ilia : a J 'r/iaia acariae also fell to my lot that day. In the evening 

 I went on as far as Berne, and the next day to Weesen, on the La lie 

 of Walenstadt, stopping between trains for a look at the famous 

 pilgrim resort of Einsiedeln. It was quite a new kind of country to 

 me, and in some respects should be entomologically good, but I had not 

 .time to test its productiveness. Finding yiv. l-^ison and ISlr. Lowe at 



