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One discovery made by me ■will prove of great use in future 

 rambles, this is, that butterflies may be packed without the least 

 injury on the following plan : place first a butterfly M'ith its wings 

 folded back of course, then a disc of paper, next another butterfly 

 followed by another disc until the pill box is filled, and in this way 

 thirty insects at least may travel in one box ; it answers also with 

 Geometrce, but greater care is needed with the antennae and legs. If 

 any one sent off the captures of the day in a tin box by post, I have 

 no doubt, if the paper was slightly damped, that the butterflies might 

 be set at home without need of any relaxing ; if any one in Switzer- 

 land would send me such a packed box of common captures as an 

 experiment, I should be happy to report upon the subject. 



Papilio Ifachaon, common, Zermatt. P. Podalirius, one specimen 

 only seen in the Visp Valley, near Stalden ; on capture it proved 

 rather small and darker than usual. 



Parnassius Delius, Zermatt. P. A]}ono, Zermatt, Visp Valley, 

 Loeche, &c. ; at Zermatt very small. 



Aporia cratcegi, abundant everywhere. 



Pieris hrassiccd and P. rapce, a few at Zermatt, where I caught 

 also one Gldaria Jluctuata ! P. napi^ common at Zermatt and the 

 Riffelberg. The males were all of the spotless form, the females of 

 the var. brt/onice. It would be interesting to me to know if this 

 insect has a second brood on the Alps, and if so, what it is like, I have 

 never been late enough to meet with it. 



Anthocliarls JBelia, var. simplonia, one female only, taken at Zer- 

 matt, settled on a flower of Biscutella Icevigata. A. cardamines, 

 common at Zermatt : the males were all of the orthodox character, 

 with the central spot some lines within the orange patch ; in all my 

 South Devon specimens the insect is smaller, and the spot touches the 

 white portion of the wing. 



Leucopliasia sinapis. I believe the var. latliyri (not the species 

 Du2')onclieli), Zermatt. 



Collets Hyale and Edusa, Visp Valley. C. Phiconome, common at 

 Zermatt. 



Phodocera rliamni, Visp Valley. 



Tliecla tnibi, This and Vanessa cardui were the only butterflies 

 which frequented the flowers of Pliododendron ferrugineum, so abundant 

 on the Eiffelberg, others pi'eferred moist mud. 



