TYROL IN 1913. 281 



waiting for ns. On the top of the Pass — a terribly civilized place — E. 

 eiiri/ale was fairly common, but all with strongly marked bands, and 

 no var. occllaris were seen, whereas at about the same elevation at 

 Kohlern none of the type were met with. The rocks on the way down 

 were most carefully worked for E. nerinc, but not a sign of it was seen, 

 and insects generally were very scarce with the exception of Parari/e 

 acJiinc, which was fairly common in some of the roadways into the 

 woods, while an odd PolyoDDiiatas cuiianda, Erebia ceto, and J'jitcanesna 

 antiopa were picked up. 



One of the chief attractions to Bozen was Libijthca cdtis, which Mr. 

 Lowe found swarming in the iSarnthal and Eggenthal in 1901, but two 

 visits to the Eggenthal and one to the Sarnthal failed to turn up a single 

 specimen. Hearing that there were a number of Celtis trees behind 

 the Hotel Austria, at Gries, we took the tram and walked through the 

 pretty gardens attached to the hotel, where cactus were growing wild 

 on the mountain side, and a nice collection of foreign cacti were doing 

 well in a rocky part of the garden. Celtis trees there were in plenty, 

 but no L. celtis, though on returning from a walk towards the Sarnthal 

 a solitary specimen was seen in the street and missed as it flew over a 

 high wall. This was the only specimen seen until one was captured 

 in the Eggenthal on July 5th. It surely could not have been over, but 

 unless Mr. Lowe cleared out the stock it is strange that it should not 

 have turned up in any of the various localities worked.''' The Sarnthal 

 was even deeper in dust than the Eggenthal, and also hotter if possible, 

 but butterflies were by no means plentiful, and we only managed to 

 take four S. oHon, two Everes avfjiades, some Papilio podaUriiis with 

 especially long tails, and odd specimens of Pohjonunatus hylas and C. 

 aKjiolus. 



On July 5th we took the diligence to Karersee, and by walking 

 ahead managed to take the aforesaid solitary L. celtis, two Pohjonunatus 

 vieleai/er, several P. auianda, very bright and with strongly marked 

 borders, and one each of Linienitis Camilla and L. sibylla, which were 

 taken at one stroke of the net. One Linienitis iwpuli — the only one 

 seen — was also taken in the Thai, and a fair number of Brentlds daphne. 



Karersee, with its comfortable hotel, seemed an excellent spot for 

 butterflies, but the weather turned cold and wet, and practically 

 nothing was taken either here or on the two days' drive down to 

 Cortina, through the splendid scenery of the " Dolomite Road." We 

 stayed at Cortina from July 9th to 16th, but insects were exceedingly 

 scarce, and with the exception of some more nice forms of PL eunjale 

 var. ocellaris, practically nothing was taken. We moved up to Tre 

 Croci in a deluge of rain, and the next day walked up Cristallo, until 

 the newly fallen snow became too deep and made heavy going. The 

 following day we walked up to the Pfalzgau Hut, and within ten 

 minutes from leaving the hotel had the luck to meet with Erebia 

 pharte, flying freely in an open space on the hillside. No time was 

 lost in bagging a nice series, but directly the sun went in they disap- 

 peared as if by magic, and evidently got well down into the herbage as 

 none could be seen sitting on the grass, and in the afternoon not a 



* Certainly not "cleared out," for in the spring of 1912 Mr. Sich reported it in 

 absolute abundance on the roadsides south of Bozen. They were of course hyber- 

 nated specimens. — H.J.T. 



