16 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



magnificent day and butterflies were abundant, especially Erebias ; the 

 first species to appear were Coenoni/mp/ta satj/rion with very small 

 eye-spots, Erebia manto, rather small and sometimes verging towards 

 ab. caccilia, E. ti/ndanis, very large and generally of the dromus form, 

 though Mr. Fison took one very fine ab. caecodroinua, E. iDelampufi, 

 very small, E. euryalc and ab. ochracea, and a single E. var. pitho : 

 going on past Anthemoz (where excellent milk is very cheap), and 

 rising for some considerable distance, E. pharte, generally very small, 

 and ab. phartina, together with a form of E. manto, closely approaching, 

 and sometimes actually reaching, var. jnjrrhnla, became very abundant, 

 asalso were -^.//o;y/<;, with an occasional ab. erinnys, and Brcnthis pales, 

 generally var. isis, the ? s approaching ab. napaea ; rising higher still 

 and keeping to the right, E. (lorye continued to be abundant, and 

 here also a very small form of K. epiphron, approaching ab. ohsoleta 

 and E. lappona, were to be found, together with a few Pieris callidice, 

 and, finally, on reaching a small bed of shale, some E. ylacialh and ab. 

 plitto were found, mostly rather worn, but I took a $ in very good 

 condition with a white-pupilled eye-spot on the underside forewing. 

 The other butterflies taken on the slopes were Pien's rapae, common 

 even at a great height, Aglais urticae, Vanessa in and Pijrameis cardui, 

 all unusually brilliant, Goneptenjx rhamni, Ar(/;/nnis aylaia and one 

 specimen each of Hesperia cacaUac and H. alveus. After this orgy I 

 found it necessary to remain quiet till Friday, when I again accom- 

 panied Mr. Fison to Barmaz, the path to which passes a broad, steep, 

 shaly grass slope, on which were a number of Paniassius apulln, the 

 2 s very dark and some of the $ s being of the form nevadensis : this 

 I put down to wear and tear, as they were very old, but eventually Mr. 

 Fison took one in good condition and quite yellow, though not so 

 brilliant as a grand specimen which he took at Faido earlier in the 

 season. On the same slope yveve An/ijnnis ai/laia var. nana, in very good 

 condition, A. adippe, including a beautiful ab. vmiata, A. niobe, type, 

 innumerable Pohjontmatus corijdon, very small, E. acthiops, E. yoante, 

 &c.; at and above Barmaz we found nothing remarkable except that I 

 took E. liyea and E. tyndarns, both quite typical, within a few feet of 

 each other ; E. euryale and ab. ochracea, a few E. manto, and one 

 specimen each of E. var. pitho and E. f/orye were the only other Erebias 

 seen. 



Two days later, being for a few hours at Lavey, I looked round, 

 but saw only one thing which struck me as remarkable, viz., that while 

 the ^sof Enodia diyas were very fresh, the 2 s were mostly worn 

 and torn. On the 17th I returned to Lausanne, but was unable to 

 leave the house, the next fortnight being only enlivened by a visit 

 from Mr. Tutt, on the 21st. The two or three expeditions I have since 

 made to Charpigny and Martigny have produced nothing of interest 

 beyond the fact that the few Polyonniiatns alc.vis I found at the former 

 place were generally ab. arena, and that Epinepliele jurtina $ , as at 

 Sion, had mostly a tendency of the yrisea and violacca forms. 



A few of Mr. Fison's experiences this year are too interesting to be 

 passed over. His capture of Chrysophaniis ajnphidaitias I have already 

 mentioned, and amongst his other captures of this year the following 

 seem to me specially worthy of note. On May 22nd, at j\Ioute 

 Salvatore, several specimens of Prenthis eiiphrosyne, very light on the 

 upperside and washed with yellow beneath, almost as markedly as 



