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Neptis Lucilla : we got two or three specimens, only in the Va) 

 Anzasca, of this species. This must be nearly its most western habitat. 



Melitcga Phoebe : Briancon, &c., very common in the Val Anzasca. 

 3f. didyrna : Chambery and Val Anzasca. M. Dictynna : Briancon, 

 Macngnaga. M. Dejone : a few specimens at Briancon ; this species 

 is, according to Dr. Staudinger, confined to Spain and the South of 

 France. M. Athalia : abundant nearly everywhere in suitable locali- 

 ties ; in swarms in the Val Anzasca, with Jif. Phoebe and others. J/1 

 Parthenie : St. Laurent du Pont. 



Argynnis Amathusia: common at Oulx, near Macugnaga. A. 

 There : Grodman caught a single specimen of this rather scarce species 

 in the Val Anzasca, above Ponte Grande. A. Lathonia -. common in 

 the Val Anzasca ; this species seems fond of settling on the dusty 

 roads, and has a peculiar jerking flight, unlike the other species of 

 Argynnis. A. Niobe : a single specimen of the tpyical silvery-spotted 

 form at Briancon ; curiously enough, wo saw nothing of Eris, which 

 is usually the commoner of the two. 



Erebia Melampus : Val Anzasca and Saas Thai. E. Epiphron, var. 

 Cassiope : Saas. E. Geto : Col du Lautaret, Val Anzasca, and more 

 commonly near Macugnaga. E. Medusa, Val Anzasca, Macugnaga, &c. 

 E. Stygne : Col du Lautaret, Briancon. E. Evicts : on the Col du Lau- 

 taret near La Grrave, but mostly worn ; also near Macugnaga. E. 

 Euryale : Val Anzasca. 



(Encis Aello : not very uncommon near Macugnaga, and also 

 caught in the Saas Thai, between Stalden and Saas. 



Satyrus Alcyone : Val Anzasca and Saas Thai, common near Stal- 

 den, S. Semele, near Stalden. S. Actcea, var. cordula : a few near 

 Stalden. 



Pararge Mcera : common everywhere in the alpine valleys. P. 

 Siera: Oulx Val Anzasca, nowhere abundant. P. Achine (== De- 

 janira) : two specimens in a wood near Bienne. 



Coenonympha Arcania, var. Darwiniana : Chambery, Baveno, and 

 common in the Val Anzasca. The alpine form Satyrion occurred 

 sparingly in the Saas Thai. 



Spilothyrus althcece : we got two specimens of this rather scarce 

 species in the Val Anzasca. S. lavatercs : this skipper was not un- 

 common one hot day flying over the road in the Val Anzasca, but it 

 was very lively and difiicult to catch ; we subsequently saw it again in 

 the Saas Thai, above Stalden. 



Syricthus carthami: Briancon, Oulx, and Saas Thai. 8. Sao: 

 near Chambery, Briancon, Oulx. S. alveus -. Saas Thai and Oulx. 



Hesperia Thaumas : Ponte Grande, Saas Thai. H, lineola -. Saas 

 Thai, and Val Anzasca. 



Carterocephalus Palcemon (= Paniscus) : a single specimen caught 

 by Salvin near Chambery. 

 February 23rd, 1880. 



