228 THE entomologist's record. 



extending to within rather less than 2mm. from the outer border of the wing, 

 where it is stumped down into a transparent border extremely thinly scaled with 

 black. The lower border of the wing, that is the area contained by the nervure x 

 and the lower edge of the wing, is covered thinly with yellow scales, not, however, 

 so transparent, or so poorly clad as the outer border. Fringes greyish-yellow, with 

 a dark inner line. Posterior wing entirely red, with fine dark marginal line and 

 grey fringes. The colouring of the underside is exactly the same as that of the 

 upperside, but rather paler throughout. 



The insect described is a female. It was taken just as it was 

 settling down to copulation. It is naturally absolutely fresh. I took 

 it at St. Antonien in the Engadine, August 12th, 1909. 



It seems to be very nearly the same insect as Mr. Tutt's ab. pulchra 

 {Brit. Lcp., vol. i., p. 448), but I should have surmised, from Mr. Tutt's 

 description, that pulchra was a form between striata -ft arilinea and my 

 specimen, since Mr. Tutt speaks of three long red blotches practically 

 filling up the upper and central area of the wing. My insect has not 

 three, but one single blotch ; it is not divided by, but split up the 

 middle by, the yellow nervure ; the inner margin, instead of being 

 green, is of the same colour as the nervure, with a slight intermixture 

 of grey. Mr. Tutt, however, tells me that his specimen is very poorly 

 described, that my description might have been made from his own 

 specimen, which is also a female, and that the coloured figure I send 

 him of the Engadine example, agrees absolutely with his Dauphiny 

 one. 



I venture to call attention to this beautiful insect, because, as 

 everyone who is familiar with A. exidans must have remarked, 

 blotching of the spots is rare, even ab. striata, Tutt, is only to be 

 found here in very small numbers, I should say less than 1 per cent. 

 The form pulchra was named from a single example found at Le 

 Lautaret, and I qrfestion whether it has ever been taken since. 



Lepidoptera of the Tyrol — Trafoi to Sulden. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



After spending a very dull day at Trafoi, the morning of August 

 17th, broke almost cloudless. It was soon determined to make Sulden 

 our objective, and by 8 a.m. a start was arranged. This walk meant 

 a long tramp round the northern foot of the Ortler, which was 

 magnificent in the sunshine with a layer of fresh snow. The sun had 

 not yet got into the Trafoi-Thal, and nothing was on the move until 

 Gomagoi was almost reached. Here, on a sunny bank, were several 

 interesting species, of which Lou-eia alciphron var. i/ordius, the 2 of 

 quite flavescent hue, especially on the forewings and the margin of the 

 hindwings (ab. Jiavescens), was, however, going over. Agriadei 

 bellart/iis appeared to be only just coming out, as one or two ^ s alone 

 were observed, but FJpinrphele lycaon was well out, and E. ianira 

 common, but evidently also going over ; Pararge iitaera, a very small 

 race, was occasionally seen. On the slopes here HipparcJiia se)nele^\Sia 

 abundant, and an occasional large Paruassias apollo flopped from the 

 higher slopes in front of one, but the species was not at all abundant. 

 Erehia i/oaiite, too, was worn, and only a single 2 of Erehia enryale was 

 observed, fresh, the upperside well-banded, of typical form, and quite 

 unlike the ocdlaris race we knew so well from our previous visit to the 

 Tyrol in 1895, yet we remember Dadd exhibiting the dark form from the 



