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ground almost by the thousand. The Lycccnidw occupied the central 

 position, both in numbers and fact, for I should say they numbered 

 ten to one, whilst the other genera always occupied the outskirts of 

 the crowd. So intent were they with the moisture that after placing 

 myself where my shadow would not fall over them and disturb them, 

 in one instance I succeeded in carefully putting seven or eight glass 

 bottomed boxes over selected specimens before the assemblage was 

 " flushed," when they rose as one ; the great majority, however, 

 settled on the same spot within a minute or so, and each box covered 

 three and four, and in one instance six specimens, such as Lycaena 

 pheretes, orbitulus, eros, minima, of unusually large size. Melitcea cynthia 

 occurred in both sexes, the males being very wild in their flight ; v. 

 merope was very plentiful, as also was varia. Aryynnis pales was one 

 of the most abundant species, many being beautifully clear red forms 

 with the markings small, nap&a also occurred, and I took two very 

 pretty aberrations, one very dark, and another bright reddish with the 

 posterior row of black spots confluent with the subterminal row in 

 the primaries, and no other markings except two confluent small dots 

 in the cell. Among the Heterocera, M. rubi again, on July 31st, fell 

 to my net. Anarta cordic/era and melanopa were both captured. 

 Psodos trepidaria occurred here (two specimens), but more commonly 

 on the Piz Languard on the rough ground below the hut ; alpinata 

 was rare ; coracina and quadrifaria everywhere on the lower ground, 

 such as the Koseg and Bernina Valleys. In the Heu Thai, N~. plan- 

 taginis with hospita and floccosa flew in the hot sun. Endrosa roscida 

 v. melanomos and aurita v. ramosa, beautifully suffused with black in 

 some of the internervular spaces, and Lithosia cereola were all taken. 

 Of Zygcenidce I did not take any exulans here, but several v. manni 

 occurred and Ino heydenreichii. Among the genus Crambus I took 

 several that I had not taken before — a nice alienellus, and a second at 

 St. Moritz, a beautiful $ zermattensis and one maculalis, this is I 

 believe a new locality for this species, and radiellus was common. 



I have not mentioned several species taken in other parts. Golias 

 palceno and ab. herrichi were not uncommon, the former I took spa- 

 ringly everywhere — on the Bernina Pass, at Maloja, and between 

 these spots, it being quite common in the woods between Pontresina 

 and St. Moritz, where also herrichi occurred sparingly. Here I had 

 the pleasure of watching the large black woodpecker for some little 

 time, but of course directly it discovered me it did not show itself 

 again. 



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