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infrequent, Satj/noi conhila was apparently over, but there were plenty 

 of .S. hertiiinnt', Hipparchia seinele and Polyovimatiifi corijdon abounded. 

 Above the bridge the coppers, C/iri/snphafiiis ririfoiurae and (' .hippntho'e 

 var. eitrt/bia flashed in the sun like gems, Poli/omwatiis Ju/las was not 

 infrequent, and my son netted here the finest Lycaena ariou var. 

 nhsnira I have ever seen, large, in perfect condition, and with the bases 

 of the wings light blue, the outer portions jet black, and the line of 

 demarcation very pronounced. fJespnio racaliac and //. alrem were 

 abundant, and my captures of the latter species included two H. var. 

 cirxii, Pautphila comma was not rare, and consisted chiefly of /'. ab. 

 i1ava. A day in the Steinenthal, principally with the object of com- 

 pleting my series of < 'olios palacno, was not particularly successful from 

 this point of view, ( '. palaeno was very abundant, but in bad order, and 

 out of several dozens netted, only three or four were worth retaining, 

 I, however, came across a perfect cloud of Poh/omuiotus orbitnlits, 

 drinking at a runnel, and sweeping vigorously amongst them I obtained 

 more than sufficient for my purpose, and the same netful produced a 

 dozen P. t>ros : other species observed in the Steinenthal were 

 PaniaKKtiis mneDiosi/nc, Apon'a ri-ataef/i, Pieris calliiiicc, f'olias pJiimiiuDic, 

 Miiitaca aiin'nia var. inrropc, M. parfhcniv var. rarin, Krchia rnvrstra, 

 and Lj/racua alcon. One day my sou climbed high on the Bortelalp, 

 and lirought back. Mditam ri/ntJn'a, Ihenthis pnlfs, Pli-phia lappima and 

 llcspcria alreiiK. 



July 24th and 25th we stayed at the Hotel at the top of the pass, 

 and collected there. Specimens here, though not so numerous as at 

 Berisal, were in far better condition ; ('olios polaeno a,nd ('. phicomone 

 were not infrequent, and were in fine order, Pieris mllidicc were scarce 

 and posse, Melitoeo aurinia var. merope occurred generally in odd 

 specimens. The only blues observed w^ere Polt/omniatits optili'te, some 

 half-a-dozen, and Lycaeno alcon, pretty abundant : Brcvtliis enphrosync 

 still occurred, and P. pales was in swarms. 



We spent a very successful afternoon on the slopes above the fifth 

 refuge, perhaps the best ground on the Simplon, where Pamassius 

 tleliiis was to the fore, and my series was soon completed. Much wanted 

 females of ('olios phicotnone were depositing ova in the sheltered 

 hollows in some numbers, Krehia cossiojie, K. mnestra and /*,'. yoriic, 

 flew here and there, and amongst the hosts of BrentJiis pales I netted 

 a very fine ab. nopaea. On the morning of our departure, my son, on 

 edelweiss intent, climbed to the foot of the Kaltwasser glacier, 

 reporting, on his return, Krebio f/laciolis quite common, and he even 

 caught one female with thumb and finger. 



July 26th Ave moved on to the Simplon village ; whilst here I had 

 two mornings in the Laquinthal, my primary object being, of course. 

 Krebio ehristi. I w^as unfortunately a fortnight too late for this species, 

 and only obtained one imperfect female. The wealth of other species 

 obtained here, how^ever, well repaid me. Brent his amathusia was in great 

 profusion, and I obtained all I wanted in a few hours, including plenty 

 of females. Krebia nieloinpits, F,. fynrlarns. and a small form of /V. 

 liyea, were all abundant, and I netted here the only Krebia aet/iiops 

 seen by me in Switzerland. ( 'rysop/ionos Idppotiioe var. eiirybia 

 occurred, also ( '. dorilis and swarms of ('. riryanreae : Melitoeo ilicti/nva 

 flew freely in the clearings, and a number of I'aniassins apollo females 

 were in evidence. My son obtained, in the meadows below the village, 



