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coltsfoot was abundant, and an odd example of riati/ptilia ijnnodactyla 

 started from the herbage led us to work closely, coming down in the 

 afternoonwith the result of obtainingalong series of very large examples 

 of this species. It occurred all the way to the Weissenstein Inn, whence 

 Zeller recorded it August 2nd, 1871. Over the alders came a freshly- 

 emerged Gonepteri/x rhwnni, settling directly on a flower-head, and 

 sidling under the blossom in most approved fashion, the only one seen. 

 Of the Erebias of the lower level, Krebia iiiantu was going over, 

 which I regretted, Erebia euryale was fully out, an occasional $ with 

 orange instead of fulvous blotches on the upperside of the forewings 

 { = ab. pallida), Erebia goante just outside the inn appeared to fail 

 almost entirely higher up, w^hilst E. tyndarus, the males particularly 

 slaty and hoary on the undersides, the ? dark grey, Avith 

 broadish median band of brownish tint was abundant; Melampias 

 ynelampus also occurred, little enough one might say. The delight of 

 this grou.nd, however, was Erebia pronoe var. pithn, a most delightful 

 race, in the pink of condition, just out. They were almost as black 

 and velvety as the grandest (/lacialis, the J s with the upperside 

 uniform, and scarcely a trace of fulvous about the apical dots, hardly as 

 large as the Faucille examples, which are the biggest and blackest ^)/</;o 

 I know, but of almost the same sooty shade ; in the $ s the fulvous was 

 slightly more developed, but the spots were still small. The underside 

 of the hindwings of the 3' were delicately purple, some wath a very 

 dark median transverse band, those of the § different from any that 

 I had seen before — the greater number ochreous, with a brownish 

 median band shading off into the rather darker base = ab. ochracea,n.ajh., 

 others with the darker brownish median band conspicuously contrasting 

 with the outer and basal areas = ab. viryata, n. ab., the rarer form 

 whitish-grey (almost whitish-violet) with a similar broAvn median 

 band = ab. pallescens, n. ab., the two last-named forms being almost 

 exactly parallel with the abs. ochracea and lencotaenia of E. aethinps. The 

 habits of the two sexes were entirely different. The ^ s swarmed on 

 the paths, or by the hot walls, fluttered up and down the slopes, or 

 battled at the flowers. The $ s lay low, and had to be walked up, 

 no easy matter on the steep slopes they haunted, but they were 

 worth all the work spent in getting them. The race itself appears to 

 be much nearer the Jura than the Simplon or Tyrolean forms. The 

 E. inanto, on the other hand, were much nearer the Tyrolean (St. Anton 

 and Innsbruck) forms than any other we have represented in our 

 collection, showing, however, a variable amount of fulvous on the 

 forewings. The E. euryale also tended to the dark median banded 

 form beneath, with the red-brown conspicuously banded on either side 

 with clear ochreous, ab. viryata, n. ab., the underside of the hindwing, 

 in fact, being crossed by (1) outer marginal red-brown band ; 

 (2) wide clear ochreous band ; (3) broad dark red-brown 

 band ; (4) ochreous basal area shading to brown at base. 

 A marshy slope provided an abundance of Bretithia pales, of which 

 the ? s were mostly brown, of a tint approaching the o s, but 

 a few were of the napaeae form, except that the paler areas have a dis- 

 tinct whitish or bleached appearance = ab. pallida, n. ab., whilst some of 

 the S' s have a particularly yellow-orange, rather than fulvous, tint. Here, 

 too, a couple of Chrysophaniis hippot/io'e g s were found, still in fair 

 condition. On the r«av/M/»»? -covered slopes Cidaria popnlata swarmed, 

 whilst Euthemonia riissnla was repeatedly walked up, and among the 



