5J30 THE ENTOJIOLOOISt's RECORD. 



was not seen. One only was seen at Hyeres, and as it was not taken 

 it niii/Jit have been ( '. var. helice. Mditaea phocbe was first taken April 

 28th. Heinaris tUyiis (honibi/lifoyiiiis) seems to be quite common here ; 

 an ett'ort to see it oviposit proved a failure, but the only H. fnciforinia 

 seen was observed to lay eggs on April 30th. As regards egg-laying, I 

 was able here to follow up an observation on Gonepteryx cleopatra, 

 which is very abundant at Ste. Maxime, that I had believed I had 

 made at Hyeres and elsewhere, which amounts simply to this, that the 2 

 butterfly finds her foodplant first by sight, or rather makes her first 

 step towards finding it in that way. She very frequently flies straight 

 up to a bush of Phyllyrea, evergreen-oak, or other plant, that happens 

 to have some resemblance in growth and shape of leaves to the 

 Hhamniis, and she flies round this and dodges under it for some 

 little time before she is quite satisfied that it is not only not Hhainnus, 

 but that it does not hide and protect some small piece of that plant. 

 When, however, her choice by sight is correct, she at once proceeds to 

 some suitable portion of the plant, and, after a selection, not always at 

 first successful, by some more accurate sense, lays her eggs, only one 

 at once, but often several on the same bush, and if RhmnnuH is scarce 

 just there, she may return and lay one or two more. After seeing how 

 frequently she goes straight up to a bush that is not only not /iV<a/y/«ws, 

 but has no portion of Ehaninitu amongst, under, or near it, I have felt 

 it impossible to explain her procedure on any other hypothesis than 

 sight. This seems less difficult to believe when we observe how 

 FjHchloe canlaiin)i('s, Pontia daplidice, E. euphcnoides, etc., all lay their 

 ■eggs where they have first been attracted by the flowers, though it 

 ■does happen that this is not always so, since, for instance, Mr. Sheldon 

 and I found eggs of Anthocarls helia laid abundantly on heads of Bisvu- 

 tella (lidi/iiia, which were difficult to find, since they had only un- 

 opened buds, still, as we found them, so also the butterfly may have 

 done so, by sight, and not by any other sense. — T. A. Chapman, 

 M.D., Reigate. 



Butterfly-hunting in Switzerland. — On June 18th my wife and 

 I arrived at Brigue, having travelled straight through from Newhaven, 

 and a few notes of the insects taken may possibly be of interest to 

 English collectors in Switzerland, as they usually go there later in the 

 season. In the afternoon, a short stroll to a stone quarry introduced 

 us to Syntoiiiis pheyea, which was just emerging, and was to be found, 

 both (? and $ , settled on the wormwood bushes, and a nice series was 

 taken. Anthmcera pKr/no-alis, A. /ilipf)idi(laf and A. lonicerae, were 

 also on the wing, but were not plentiful. Among the chestnut-trees — 

 which were in bloom and very attractive to butterflies — a lev: rolyyonia 

 4--alhttiii were met with, but were not in good condition, while speci- 

 mens of Melitaea dulyina, M. athalia and M. dictynna, were also taken. 

 On June 20th, we went to Berisal in high hopes, as this locality is so 

 often mentioned by Mr, Wheeler in his valuable book as the home of 

 good things, but, although the weather was perfect, the insects were 

 rather disappointing, being by no means plentiful on the way up — 

 Melitaea phoebe and Flrehia liyea only appearing as solitary specimens. 

 In a meadow at the back of the hotel, Paniassins vmeiiiosyne was 

 swarming, and a nice series was taken, it being the first time I had 

 met with this species. On June 21st, we went up the pretty road 

 towards Bel-Alp, but, owing to a late start and the intense heat, did 



