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restless mood. Again, a little below, where the woods drop down 

 towards the main road and the railway, a narrow path runs to a little 

 inn and the station. On one side the wood, on the other a narrow 

 strip of meadows. Under a large chestnut is a wooden shed, or 

 summer-house, open at each side, and traversed by the path. As I 

 entered, I was astonished by a cloud of D. paplda coming out of the 

 shed, disturbed by my approach, and wheeling round like swallows. 

 I waited, and found that they mostly returned and took up places 

 inside the shed. All were males as far as I could see. The day was 

 one of tropical heat, which was broken by a tremendous thunderstorm 

 in the evening, with heavy rain all night. I can only fancy that the 

 butterflies found it too hot, and sought this retreat for coolness. They 

 did not in any case rest on the ground, but on the sides and roof of 

 the shed, and on a wooden bench which lined the back of the interior. 

 But still another entertainment was prepared for me. At one corner, 

 where a meadow ran up into the wood, so that two sides of it formed 

 a right angle with young trees, chiefly beech, hanging over, Liunmitis 

 sibi/Ua was sailing round in almost incredible numbers. It seemed to 

 be the only butterfly present, but of this one species, so exquisite in 

 its movements, there must have been scores. It was a sight never to 

 be forgotten. I have referred to Liestal only to recount these two 

 agreeable experiences, for the rest, my diary says, " found Liestal very 

 unprofitable." On July 1st we went to Grindelwald, where I had two 

 days' hunting. The first day I went up the path, leading to the 

 Faulhorn, at the back of the post office, and in ten minutes the net 

 was at work. Most unfortunately, I had to return for lunch, not 

 having arranged with my party to be absent, and so, though I went 

 back to my ground as soon as possible, I found that the sun was off. 

 The " happy hunting-ground " was just below, and at the entrance of, 

 wooded slopes, which are reached about an hour above Grindelwald. 

 Insects were very abundant, and embraced, in addition to the common 

 " whites," the following specimens : — Papilio machaon (larvae), Par- 

 «as.si».s apollo, Aporia ryatai'^/i, Enclilo'e cardamines, Leptosia sinapis, 

 Colias pJdcoDione, C hyale ; Callopknjs rnbi, Chrysophanus Jiippo- 

 thoe, and C. riryaitreae : PolyonDnatus jj/wretea, P. aatrarche (leaning 

 often towards ab. allous) ; P. icarus, P. corydon, P. hi/las, and P. 

 da)iwn (this latter very small, dark, but brilliant, apparently the form 

 var. ferreti, Fav. ; it is noticeably different from all other specimens 

 in my cabinet, both in size and colour) ; Lycaena alcon and L. arion ; 

 AylaLs urticae, Mclitaca ci)ixia, M. dictynna, M. athalia, M. aurelia, 

 Brenthis enphrosynt', B. palei^ (very abundant), B. dia, B. ainat/iusia, 

 Aryynnis aylaia, A. niobe var. eris, A. adippe, Mdanarf/ia f/alat/ica, 

 Erebia iiidampus, Krcbia p/iarte (1), E. iiiauto (something of the transi- 

 tional form noticed by Mr. Wheeler under the heading of var. pyrrhida) ; 

 E. ceto, E. medusa (a fine pair), E. oeiiie, E. styi/ne, E. li//ea (one of 

 this latter, a ? , is more brilliantly decorated underneath than 

 ordinary ; besides the central white band of underwings being con- 

 tinuous, there is a second white zigzag band near the base, and on the 

 upper wings, underside, a large costal splash of white on the inner 

 edge of the chestnut band) ; Pararye inacra, Epinepluie jnrtina 

 (strikingly handsome and very abundant) ; Aphantopus hyperanthtis, 

 CoenonyiiipJia arcania var. dariilniana, and (\ satyrion (of which 

 latter I took the rare aberration which is entirely without eye-spots 



