lis THE KNTOMOLOGIST's KECORl*. 



of theVald'Herens. On August 18th, 1908, 1 again traversed the distance 

 from Evolene to Useigne. on my return journey to the Rhone valley. 

 Another dull morning was my lot, and my bag over this magnificent 

 ground consisted of eight Setina atirita, two Pariiassiiis apollo, a single 

 Eremnbia uchroleuca taken seated in the centre of a L'entatirea bloom, 

 one Aciptilia .ranthodartyla, and a common burnet or two. About 

 11 a.m. I lunched at Useigne, and soon afterwards the sun broke 

 through, and by noon a great improvement had taken place, so that 

 between Useigne and Vex, a district in Avhich I had not seen an insect 

 on the up journey, I took a large number of specimens of fairly common 

 species, one of the best corners, apparently, being the big curve from 

 which the Val d'Heremence branches, and which ends up at the 

 interesting " Pyramides d'Useigne." Here Pi/rameis atalanta, MeUtaea 

 (lidijma, An/i/iini^ adippe, large and brilliantly spotted A. niohc, but, 

 above all, I >ri/as jiapkia and var. ralesina and CalUmorpha Jiera made a 

 brilliant show, whilst Epinephele ianira, Midaiian/ia ijalathea and 

 Krfbia aethinps were also abundant, and Papil'm p<>daUrini^, Satyrus 

 alcyone, several of each observed. Xeji/iynis bi'tiilae, a very large ,? , 

 was in the nature of a surprise, whilst Theda ilicis was not so 

 unexpected. The roadsides were swarming with I'olyoniniatiis damon 

 and P. corydon, P. icaras and P. astrarrhf being less abundant, whilst 

 Pararye tiiaera and P. nieyaera were both frequent, the latter quite 

 abundant between Vex and Sion. In a coppice through which the 

 road passes, near the entrance to the Val d'Heremence, Pararye eyeria 

 was not infrequent, and, further on, a magnificent large and well-marked 

 form of Anthroccra varniolica swarmed on the flowers by the roadside. 

 Towards Vex many of the species became even more abundant, 

 particularly M. didyuia, which appeared to be in quite as fine condition 

 as it had been a fortnight previously. Lencophasia sinapis and Coliaa 

 hyale were occasionally seen, but Kpinejdiele lyraon was, perhaps, the 

 most abundant species. Among the Hesperiids only Pamphila co)in)ia, 

 P. sylranns and SyrichthHs alfeusweve taken, and among the Lycaenids, 

 except those mentioned, nothing better than a specimen each of 

 Polyoui Hiatus hylas and /'. bellaryiis. The large numbers of Antidea 

 berberata observed on this jaunt have already been noticed. MeUtaea 

 phoehe appeared to be absolutely over, not a single specimen worth 

 pinning was captured. 



The morning of July 29th, 1903, broke sunny and almost cloudless, 

 and by 8 a.m. I was on the move from Evolene to Hauderes. The sun on 

 the Ferpecle glacier shone brilliantly, and the peaks of the mountains 

 all around stood out quite clearly against the sky. The fields on either 

 side of the road swarmed with nqwly-emerged Tanayra atrata, the $ s 

 clinging to the grass stems, the J s tlying i-apidly hither and thither, 

 hundreds of paired specimens hanging conspicuously in every ilirection. 

 I passed over the bridge, under which the rushing Ferpecle stream flows, 

 and round the base of the Dents de Veisivi on which fine large typical 

 fJrebia liyea flew with quite typical K. eiiryale, yet each apparently 

 distinct, whilst two or three P'. styyne, in not at all bad condition, 

 were also taken. Once over the Borgne and up through the tiny 

 village beyond, one enters the Combe d'Arolla, and it was clear that it 

 was to be a great butterfly day, but my two zinc boxes were already 

 almost filled with the eftbrts of the two previous days, and only a little 

 space was left for captures. The season was late, so the fields were in 



