8 [June, 



thus prevented from taking any of the high Alpine insects. The follow- 

 ing is a list of our captures, in which I follow the order of Staudinger's 

 catalogue. 



Papilio Podalirius, Dranse valley, near Orsieres. 



Parnassius Apollo, Dranse and Buttier valleys. 1 also reared one 

 at home about the end of July, the larvae were not uncommon. 



Aporia cratcegi, common everywhere. 



Pieris napi, v. IryonicB, summit of the Col de Forclaz : Daplidice, 

 Aosta. 



Anthocharis Bella, Buttier valley : cardamines, Arve valley. 



Leucophasia sinapis, Dranse valley, and Gt. Saleve near Geneva. 



Colzas Hyale, Aosta, Dranse valley, and Gt. Saleve. 



Thecla ruM, Buttier valley. 



Polyommafus Hippothoe with its var. Euryhia, Arve valley near 

 Ghamouny : AlcipJiron, Dranse valley near Orsieres: plilwas, Buttier 

 valley. 



Lyccena JEyon, Dranse valley below Orsieres, abundant: Argus, 

 Dranse and Buttier valle3''s : Baton, Buttier valley : Astrarche and v. 

 ^Z/ows, Dranse valley below St. Pierre: Icarus and v. 7b«rmws, Buttier, 

 Dranse and Arve valleys, we also took in the Buttier valley a beautiful 

 variety with the colouring almost that of Belargus : Belargus, Buttier 

 valley : Corydon and Hylas, Dranse valley below Orsieres : Sehrus, 

 Dranse valley : minima, common everywhere : semiargus, Buttier and 

 Dranse valleys, also one on the summit of the Col de Eorclaz: Alcon, 

 Dole. 



Nemeohius Lucina, Gt. Saleve. 



Vanessa urticcB, Atalanta, and cardui, Buttier and Dranse valleys. 



Melitcea Cynthia, larvae reared from the Great St. Bernard : Cinxia, 

 and PJioehe, Dranse and Buttier valleys : Didyma, Dranse valley : 

 Dictynna, Dranse and Arve valleys : Atlialia, Dranse and Arve valleys. 

 Where are we to draw the line between this species and dark speci- 

 mens of Aurelia ? 



Argynnis Euplirosyne, Col de Eorclaz, Chamouny, and Arve valley ; 

 Latonia, Buttier and Dranse valleys. 



Melanargia Galathea, St. Gervais (Arve valley), and Gt. Saleve. 



Erehia Ceto, Buttier and Dranse valleys : Stygne, Dranse valley, 

 near Orsieres, and Arve valley, near Chamouny : Evias, St. Kemy 

 (Piedmont), abundant. 



(Eneis Aello, St. Eemy. 



Pararge Mcera, Dranse and Arve valleys : Hiera, Arve valley : 

 Megcera, Aosta, and Gt Saleve : uEgeria, Gt. Saleve : Achine, Dole, 

 plentiful in the pine woods. 



