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many places uncut, and the tiowers swarmed with common butterflies 

 and moths. Erehia aethiops so far up the mountains was somewhat of 

 a surprise, but no Erebias were really common, although Erebia i/oante, 

 E. ceto, El. melainpus, E. enrijale and, later, E. ti/nflanis were in greater or 

 less abundance. In the lower part of the valley Ejrinepheh' hjcaon was 

 really very common, as also was Paranie iiiaera, although the latter was 

 rather worn. On the banks here, too, Anthrnrn-a Io)iirerae, fine, large, 

 full-spotted examples, just emerged, were in lovely condition, as also were 

 A. trnnmlpina and A. arldlleac, but A. pnrjnii-alis was here worn to 

 shreds and was not to be found in good condition, until at least two 

 miles further up the valley, after which, and all the way along to 

 Satarme, it was both abundant and in very fair condition, many only 

 just emerging ; Melitaea phoebe, here, was not common, but I was very 

 pleased to take a tew fine Brenthis ino, and at the runnels in the road 

 I captured a few of the dark alpine form of Melitaea cin.via, and some 

 freshly emerged t? l^l- partlienie var. imria of dark colour, some worn 

 ordinary looking specimens having been rejected nearer Hauderes. By 

 the sides of the roads a little alpine form of Plebeian aef/on was in great 

 abundance, but sadly worn, P. aviiyrniinonion {arijuf.) occurring just 

 as freely, but of larger size a little farther up the valley. The large 

 fritillaries here were Avfiynnis niohc and A. anlaio, but lircnthis 

 aiiiathiisio and B. enphrosi/ne still gave rather worn examples. I'aly- 

 (iDDiiatits (lam(i)i, P. cori/dnn and P. axtrarvhe were as usual the 

 abundant species, but some very fine P. Ju/las and P. domelii were 

 especially welcome, and I was much disappointed in not finding the 

 latter all the way u p the valley to Arolla, but P. nrhitubis, rare here, became 

 more abundant as we went on, ('iipido winiwa now and again, mostly 

 worn, was met with, and Xoniiades se)inarfptfi was in lovely condition, 

 but of the three abundant skippers at the water, riz., Syric/ithufi alceua, 

 Pa}iiphila comma and Thipnelicns lineola, the last-named was in very 

 poor condition. A single Poli/onimatiix hellargua, 2 , was in the nature 

 of a surprise, although I am always picking up single specimens of 

 this species where onemight expect it to be abundant, but where one sees 

 no more ; a single /'. citmrdnn in fine condition was move expected. 

 ( '/tri/.Http/iaviis hipiiotho'e was apparently only just coming out, a single 

 3 , at any rate, alone came under observation, and ('. rirf/aiireae was 

 in good condition. So pushed was I for room that 1 practically 

 discarded everything except types, just to remind me what I did see on 

 the journey up, although I remember how abundant was Eidnnia 

 bnnmeata in the pine woods. After leaving Satarme, at the last 

 ascent to the Kurhaus after the road branches, Ilrenthis pales, Aifn/ini is 

 niobe and Colias phicowone became very abundant, and AniJtrocera 

 pnrpuralis, in splendid condition, was in numbers on every Cmtaurca 

 head. It was one of the days of an entomologist's life, when every- 

 thing combined to show ofi" nature at her best, and, crippled as I was 

 at the time, and thoroughly fagged out when I reached the Kurhaus, I 

 still retain the liveliest recollection of the vivid hues, and the many 

 beautiful winged things, that gave colour to one of the finest Alpine 

 pictures to be found anywhere on the continent of Europe. 



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Omalium septentrionis, Th., in Kent. — In Canon Fowler's 

 L'uleuptera of the BritisJi Isles, ( >iiialin)ii sepfevtrimiis is only recorded 



