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second day luy wife and my son worked some little way in the Gos- 

 chonen Thai. There was no abundance of insects except at one spot, 

 a little above Wassen, and in the Goschenen Thai. The most interest- 

 ing captures were P?V/'/s )ia}n var. bri/dniac and ( '/iri/su/)hantis dDrilk 

 var. fiubaljiina (approaching briDinea). The only Argynnid that we 

 saw was Bn'nthis etiphroai/iw, the only Melita^id was Melitaea athalia, and 

 the only Erebiid was En-bia sti/unc The blues were Liicaena arion, 

 Xomiades i^ciiiiari/ns, Pnlyonnnatns ale.cis, and P. astrarc/w. We also 

 caught Papilio machaon, Paniaxsiua apollo, Kucldue canlaiiiinex, Aiioria 

 oataeiji, Coenonyinpha arcania var. darwiniana, Carteiocephalaii palac- 

 1)10)1, Xtsoniailes tar/es, and some other common species. On the even- 

 ing of June 24th we moved from Goschenen to Lucerne, and on the 

 following day walked part of the way up Pilatus, starting from 

 liergiswyl. There were not nearly so many butterflies as when we 

 took the same walk on August 8th, 1901. The sun was not, however, 

 shining continuously. Amongst our captures were Colias hi/alc, ('upido 

 niinima, C. sebrns, Chrn^ajduinna ddiilis (type), and Coendnyiiipha paiii- 

 philus vai-. li/lli(s. From June 26tli to 29th, days which we spent at 

 Engelberg, it was brilliantly tine. Between Engelberg and Schwand 

 we caught ( 'alldplirys rnbi, ( 'Iirt/sap/tantis hippotJioe, Polyonuiiatiis 

 istrair/ic var. aUoua, P. kt/la>,, P. beUanjus, Aniynnis cKjlaia, A. niobe 

 (type), Xeincubius incina, and He»pevia alveus. In the Surenen Thai, 

 on June 27th, Papilio inachaon and Pier in napi var. bryoniae were 

 fairly plentiful, and L'lipido minima was extraordinarily abundant. 

 There were sometimes nearly a hundred on a square foot of damp 

 earth, and they seemed in their habits more like flies than butterflies. 

 If disturbed they hovered round without flying away. Other captures 

 m the Surenen Thai were Polymiimatas camedon, Chrysophanas doriliti 

 var. subalpina (again approaching bninnea), and Melitaea dietywia. 

 On June 29th we visited the Trubsee Alp, but were disappointed in 

 flnding it entomologically barren. We were no doubt too early. The 

 only fresh captures on this day were RhMichs fl(v/».s and Pararye liiera. 

 On June 80th it rained heavily, and on July 1st, when we moved on 

 to Meiringen, it was cloudy. On July 2nd, between Brunig and Mei- 

 ringen our captures included I'olyommatuK eumedon, P. eorydon (very 

 flne and abundant), /'. hylas, Aryymm niobe vav. eria, Melitaea pa r- 

 tlienii', M. riiu'ia (a single worn specnnen), and Melanaiyia yalatea. 

 ( 'olias kyale was abundant but difficult to capture. On July 8rd it 

 was very fine up to 8 p.m., when a heavy thunderstorm came on. 

 Between Meiringen and Rosenlaui we found the best hunting-ground 

 to be near, and some little way above, the Upper Keichenbach Fall. 

 The number of insects very much diminished as we got nearer to 

 Kosenlaui. Our fresh captures were lieentliia aiitat/itisia (very fine 

 and fresh specimens), P. selene (rather worn), PWebia liyea (one speci- 

 men, just emerged, was very beautiful), A', melampti.s, and ('oenoityiiiplia 

 satyrion. From Meiringen we went on to Miirren, where we stayed 

 until July 9th, but during the whole of our time there we had not 

 more than a few hours' sunshine. We made a few fresh captures, 

 namely, Polyommatux baton (a single specimen only), Flrebia oemr 

 (specimens showing considerable variety), E. euryale, A', aethiopa, and 

 a species of Syrichthus which I have not yet identified. I judge that 

 the country near Trachsellauenen would be a first-class hunting- 

 ground ill more favourable weather, ^^'e left JMiirren on July 9tli. 



