36 THE entomologist's record. 



Arf/i/nnifi adippe and PampMla comma, the latter in great numbers on the 

 H if ran II III flowers, Si/rirJitlnis alreiis, Epinephele ianira (mostly worn), 

 Mditai'a iiartlienic, and a few other species that, however, became 

 commoner a little further up the valley, where (on the right- 

 hand side facing Argentiere) there are some lovely sloping 

 flower-clad banks that come down right to the edge of the 

 rushing torrent of the Arve, and, above, lead up towards the 

 village of Lavancher in a number of parallel flowery hollows 

 divided by rough rocks and bushes. In these hollows I spent two 

 or three delightful mornings from about 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., about 

 August 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1902, and here I sampled the butterflies 

 that evidently haunted this part of the Chamonix valley. They 

 were mostly common species, and none plentiful except Dri/as papliia 

 and var. valesina, that were then getting rather worn, Ari/i/nnis adippe 

 (the $ s only good), A. of/laia, and some magnificent A. ninbe, the 

 $ s of which were very dark. Here, too, I took a single example each 

 of Pmiiassitis (li'liiis and Coliaa palaeno, evidently wanderers from 

 the higher levels, and Enodia hyperant/nia in great abundance, 

 though worn, whilst Kpinep/icle ianira and Brentlm amathuMa were in 

 similar plight. Paranje inaera and P. vii'i/aera were scarce, 

 and Lfptidia ninapiR not common, whilst Lijcaena arinn, strangely 

 enough, was represented by three or four examples in good 

 condition, though small. Three Chrysophanid species occurred 

 here, viz., Chri/wjiJuntns rinjanreae, the commonest, C. var. 

 (/(irdiiia, and C. Iiip/mtlioe, going over. Two or three freshly- 

 emerged Po!i/i/onia r-albiiiii, several Pijraiiieis cardui, and a single 

 Kiuionia poli/chloros, were taken, whilst F.rehia melaiiipus was the 

 only really common Erebiid. Typical Krehia liijea occurred with 

 equally typical K. enn/ah, whilst the blues were extremely disappoint- 

 ing. Single females of Pcdi/ommatus hi/las, P. baton, and Xoiiiiades 

 seiniari/iis alone kept the common P. aatrarclie in countenance, besides 

 the L. avion already mentioned. A few specimens of Melitaea 

 parthenie were netted from flowers, and occasionally a Colias ednm was 

 brought down as it swung quickly up and down the slopes, and two 

 or three specimens of Apovia cvataciii sufficed to show that here this 

 species had its habitat, whilst Pierix napi appeared to be the only 

 common white. 



One of the most delightful days of 1902 was August 17th, a 

 perfect morning, when I started about S a.m. for the Montanvert inn. 

 As everyone knows, the delightful ascent through the pinewoods is in 

 shade in the early morning, and it is not imtil one comes out on the 

 final slopes on which the hotel is situated that ^/y///»»/.s- iiiobt' and A. 

 af/laia show themselves. But I did little entomology that day. Once at 

 the inn I took the little footpath that winds up to the loase of the 

 mighty rock of the Aiguille de Charmoz, among the rocks and shrubby 

 masses of alpine rhododendron. A Parnassid was not uncommon here, 

 but whether /'. apollo or P. dcliiis, I could not capture one to deter- 

 mine. Anthvnceva twiilans was in countless thousands, Pvcntkis pales, 

 of a very tiny form, common, Colias palamiu, not rare, l^ipimaena fiisca, 

 Paiiijdiila coiiiina and a few other things made up the whole of the 

 lepidoptera observed. It was noon before I returned to the hotel to 

 lunch, and then immediately after crossed the Mer-de-Glace, amongst 

 the crowds of other visitors, and reached the other side, and stayed 



