112 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



in not at all bad, and the latter in splendid, condition, but not making 

 up for the good things Ave thought the outskirts of the wood might 

 possibly provide us ; so we stepped out over the slopes to the road, 

 finding the peasants, who were now busy shaving bare every available 

 inch for hay, not at all adverse to our intrusion, and walking over 

 plenty of Krehia tyndariis, on the whole rather small-spotted towards 

 the apex, and Coenonympha iphis, some of the latter very cleanly 

 marked on the underside of the forewings, Avith a broadish Avhite band 

 along the whole length of the outer margin, and Avith the usual 

 metallic line quite absent = ab. albowarfjinata, n. ab., the apical spot 

 on the underside of these Avings also being absent. Here and there 

 a specimen of (_'. paiiiplrilits Avas disturbed, but the species was evidently 

 rare. There were also a good many Erebia inanto, but too Avorn to be of 

 any service. Striking the path Ave soon passed our corner of the evening 

 of the 1st, the bed of I'ctasitis badly shoAAing where our heaA'y mountain- 

 boots had trampled the plants, and we felt sad Avhen Ave thought of the 

 damage, but Avere somewhat mollified at the knowledge of the Frederi- 

 cina calodactijla on our setting-boards, and the LeioptUus tephradactyla 

 that had bustled up and down the window that morning Avhilst we 

 were setting, and had gone back happily into their boxes just before 

 we had started. Lots of Melamju'ax tuelanipiia were on the pathway, 

 but we heeded them not. A steep gully soon came doAvn to the path, 

 its sides covered with wild flowers, and the latter Avith butterflies. We 

 thought this could not possibly mean " hay " so up Ave Avent. Here 

 we found a large number of interesting species, but almost all in such 

 a condition as to Avarn us that the season in the A^allej' for this year 

 was practically over. SAvarms of Erebia enryale,Q, few /'.'. iiianto, plenty 

 of K. tyndarns and Melaitipias welampiis, the last tAVO species in good 

 condition, the first two worn, Loireia snbalpina, and Chrysoplianus 

 hippotlio'e, whilst here, too, Avere the only two Heodes viryaii>eae seen in 

 the valley, the 5 of southern brightness, Avith a marked subterminal row 

 of white spots on the hindwings, and, also interesting, some worn 

 Melitaea athalia, and a single example of Melitaea viatitrna var. 

 wolfensberyeri, the first specimen of the species Ave had ever seen alive. 

 It sat fanning its wings on a flowerhead of Petasitis, and Avas recog- 

 nised at a glance, although somewhat worn ; of course it was an 

 extremely late example, as this is a species one cannot really expect to see 

 in August. Imagines of Vanrssa to and Ai/lais urticae were also 

 sunning on the floAA'ers, and an abundance of Aryynnis oylaia,A. niobe, 

 and Brentliis aiuathiaiia. Of moths, only Melanthia montanata was 

 disturbed with Eubnlia bipunctaria, and both species AA'ere still in good 

 condition. Up to this time not a single " blue" butterfly of any kind 

 had been observed in the valley, and a long tramp through the valley 

 looked like producing none, until at last the cultiA^ated portion of the 

 valley was left behind, and, after crossing a bridge, we found a rough 

 heathy slope that came doAvn to the roadside ; here a little runnel of water 

 ran down by the side of the road for about 300 yards, and here, 

 besides a number of Hesperia alreiis, Avere a few specimens of Poly- 

 ommatus icarns, Plebeius aryyroynoinon, Aricia astrarrJie, Latiorina 

 orbitulns, Cyaniris setniaryus, Vacciniina optilete, AlhuUna pheretes, and 

 Ayriades coridon, drinking the Avater, only a few of each, all 3' s, and 

 but one A. coridon, the only one seen in the valley. Another long 

 stretch Avith little of entomological interest, and then a change in the 



