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variata v. sfragiilata, Chamouny : turbata, Gt. St. Bernard, St. Bemy^ 

 and Chamouny : aqueata, Arve valley : Jluctuata, Dranse valley : 

 moiifanata, St. E-emy and Dranse valley : ferrugata^ Buttier and 

 Dranse valleys, and Chamouny : incultraria, Chamouny : frustrata, 

 St. E-emy : galiata, Dranse valley and Dole : rlvata, Dole : tristata, 

 Great St. Bernard, Buttier and Dranse valleys : molluginata, St. Remy : 

 alchemillata, Great St. Bernard : adcequata, Great St. Bernard : 

 alhulata, St. Remy, Chamouny and Dole, common in every shade 

 of colour, from almost white to quite dark : hilmeata, Great Saleve 

 and Dole : trifasciata, St. B-emy, very abundant : herherata, Aosta : 

 riibidata, Aosta and Dole. 



Eupithecia rectangulata, Aosta : tenuiata, Dole, and several others 

 wticli we are at present unable to name. 



Scoparia duhitalis, Dranse valley, below Orsieres, and Dole : 

 sudetica, Dranse valley and Chamouny. 



Hercyna SchranJciana, Gt. St. Bernard and Chamouny : phrygialis, 

 Gt. St. Bernard and Chamouny. 



Eurrhypara urticata^ Dole. 



JBotys nigralis, Arve valley : octomaculata, Dranse valley : aurata, 

 Buttier valley, south of St. Bemy : cespitalis, common everywhere : 

 rhododendronalis, St. Bemy : fuscalis, Dranse valley : sambucalis, Col 

 de Forclaz, Larger and paler than British examples. 



Eurycreon verticalis, Dranse valley and Dole. 



Pionea forjlcalis, lower portions of the Buttier and Dranse valleys. 



Crambus ceriisellus, Buttier valley : pascuellus, common every- 

 where, Aosta specimens very dark and bright : prafellus, common 

 everywhere : dmiiet ell us, Dv^inse valley, and very abundant at Chamouny. 

 hortufiUus, Chamouny and Great Saleve : chrysonucheJlus, St. Bemy : 

 concJiellus, Dranse valley : ciilmellus, Chamouny : perleUus, Martigny 

 and Chamouny : v. Warringtonellus, Chamouny. 



Sypochalcia aJienella, Chamouny. 



Ap>homia socieUa, Aosta. 



Among the Tinecd I will only mention the following : 



Flutella cruciferarum, Gt. St. Bernard near summit of Pass. 

 Antennse annulated. 



Cerostoma persicella, Aosta and Dole. There were certainly no 

 peach trees in the latter place. 



Mimcdseoptilus serotinus, Orsieres. 



Aciptilia pentadactyla, Dole. 



Alucita Jieccadactyla, Orsieres. 



Before closing this account, 1 cannot refrain from remarking a 

 curious feature we have been much struck by during our sojouruings 

 among the Swiss Alps, viz., the remarkable predominence of black (or 



