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clytie, though none of them were abundant and no females were 

 seen. Pob/t/onia c-albnm was fairly plentiful and Lwiriiitis ,sihi/Ua 

 not uncommon, but, as usual, difficult to catch, and we took one worn 

 specimen of Nordmaimia (Thcda) acaciae. The thistles by the road- 

 side were swarming with insects, among which were some fine Dryas 

 papJiia and a few ISIelitaca maturna, but even the females of the latter 

 were in a hopelessly worn condition. In a field some very yellow 

 forms of Fjpinepliele jurtina were taken, but we failed to turn up either 

 Limenitis popnli or Parar'je aclnne. 



The next day we took train to Hinterzarten and were soon at work 

 on the mosses. Coinioni/mpha ti/phon was not common and was slightly 

 past its best, but Colias palaenu va.v. c'iiiopu)iie w&s in fine condition and, 

 as though the lowland air had sapped its energies, was absurdly easy 

 to catch compared with its high dwelling brethren. Btentliis selcne 

 was fairly common, but we did not find B. pales var. arsilac/ie and 

 were probably too early for it. We picked up stray specimens of 

 M. dicti/nna, M. atJialia, Chrynuphaniis hipputhne — with very rich purple 

 suffusion — Aphantopus Jtyperantt(s, so small and dark that we thought 

 we had lighted upon that treasure, Coenoui/wpha hero, and some very 

 richly marked Erebia sty<pu\ We should probably have done well had 

 not rain set in about mid-day and spoilt the hunting. At night the 

 rain came down in torrents and we moved on next day to Weesen on 

 lake Walensee, and stayed for a week at the comfortable little Hotel 

 Speer near the station. 



For the next three or four days the sun hardly appeared, but when 

 it was not actually raining, we picked up odd insects from the grass 

 and filled in our time with botanizing. 



On July 5th we managed at last to get a sunny day and made the 

 most of it in the marsh, our principal quarry being Lycaena areas and 

 L. euphetnua for which the marsh is famous, but neither species was 

 really plentiful, and it required hard work to get together a decent 

 series. A few L. arion were flying with them and some resembled the 

 L. eupliemas so closely that they are difficult to distinguish except by 

 the undersides. The males of C. typhon were mostly worn, but the 

 females were in good condition and showed a nice variation in colour 

 and spotting. Leptosia sinajtin was plentiful and in good condition, 

 and we picked up a few Loweia dorilis, Ivrynnis althrac, riebeiiis aryua, 

 and other small fry, and one Hyloicus [Sphind-] pinastri, from a tree 

 trunk in the marsh. A visit to Obersee did not produce much except 

 a specimen of the fine Tiger, Pericallia matronula and a few very well 

 marked Erebia liyea. 



On July 7th we moved on to Pontresina and stayed there until the 

 20th. Our best capture here was Brentim thvre of which we took 

 three specimens in the wood leading to Muottas Pontresina, and saw 

 others, but the ground was so exceedingly difficult that we failed to 

 take them. On the open ground above, ( 'olias palaeno was fiying 

 freely and we took a bleached form of Erebia lappoiia, which looked 

 very ghostlike on the wing. On the way up the Piz Languard — 

 which is a glorious point of view — Ave took a good series of Erebia 

 yorye var. triapes, and a few of the type with them, while on the same 

 rough ground were E. ylacialis with its ab. pluto and a few Mditaea 

 eynt/iia, male and female. Near the Morteratsch glacier we took a few 

 Vaccmiina optilete, but failed to find Aricia donzelii though we carefully 



