302 THE entomologist's record. 



were literally hidden under countless swarms of a green beetle, 

 hundreds of which in flight bombarded one's face and filled one's net 

 when attempting to capture a butterfly. The only butterfly in com- 

 petition with the beetles at this part was Melananiia </((lafhea var. 

 jtrocida. Further on, near Suna, the path running up the vine-clad 

 slopes soon tempted me, and here ScoUtatitides oriu)i was noted in 

 abundance and in fresh condition. An extremely hot walk up Monte 

 Rosso, a hill with an elusive summit, gave two more new species, 

 JSi/ntoiiiis pliei/ea, in swarms, and Nadia ancilla. 



On the 27th, at Iselle, ne^v species were I'aj'ilio iiiacliao)i, Scoliton- 

 tddea oiion, and ('elai^trina an/ioltis. The two most plentiful insects were 

 Parnansiiis apollo and Loireia alcipliron var. (jordius, both very fine 

 types and in good condition. 



The next three days were spent at Simplon village. During the 

 whole time the sunshine was brilliant and the sky cloudless, but an 

 icy north wind blew with terrific force day and night, and insects were 

 few and far between. 



In the Laquinthal Erebia cetn and E. nnwstra were about, but, 

 alas, no E. chiisti. M. Morel of Paris, who was staying at Simplon, 

 had not attempted to leave his hotel for eight days, owing to the 

 continuous gale. Pieiis napi var. bryoniae and AnthorJiaris siiiifdonia 

 were taken, and Coenonynipha arcania var. insiibrica, but only an 

 occasional var. darwiniana until the Berisal side of the pass was 

 reached where var. insubn'ca was not to be taken. Brentltis 

 eiiliJu-osi/ne was fairly plentiful, and many were large black specimens, 

 decidedly larger than the average lowland specimens. 



On July 1st the wind dropped considerably, and the walk from 

 Simplon to Berisal produced a number of new species: — Erebia 

 ti/ndarna, !<]. erias, E. lappuna, Brenthia jiales, Chr>/snp/iaiiiis Jiipjiotliu'e 

 var. enrybia, and Heaperia cacaliae. At Berisal I bad the pleasure of 

 meeting Mr. Sloper, who had found the season up to that time 

 an extremely poor one. 



On the 2nd, between Berisal and the 5th Refuge, the following new 

 species were taken: — Pamaftsiiis nineiiioxyne in plenty in the well-known 

 fleld behind the hotel, Hipparchia neviele, Krebia epiphron, Polyonimatits 

 esrheri, Adscita (liio) yeryon, and one specimen of Lycaena sfp/iyntx var. 

 lycidas. 



On the 3rd, between Berisal and the second Refuge, the new species 

 were Melitaea aiirelia and Anthrucera (Zyyaeiia) carniolica. On this 

 day var. lycidas was found in considerable numbers and in very varied 

 condition. 



On the 4th I left Berisal and walked down to Brigue. The new 

 species on this day was Hiixutina daiiion. 



On the 5th at La Batiaz and Vernayez, the interval of 12 days 

 from my previous visit had wrought considerable change in the butter- 

 fly fauna. The Melitfeas and Theclids had quite disappeared and 

 Jlifjithis daphne, and var. yordiiis were almost things of the past. On 

 the other hand the Satyrids were in full force us were also Liincnitix 

 caiiiilla and ]>ryas paj)lria. The only " blue" seen during the whole 

 da)'' was a solitary specimen of Palyoiinnatus liylas. The 7th to 9th 

 were spent at Eclepens. The weather was, however, almost uniformly 

 hopeless. In a few minutes of sunshine, however, on the Lausanne 

 road, where I rnet Mr. Warren, I took one Apatura iris. On the hills 



