MY SECOND VISIT TO THE ENGABIXE. 5 



leaves of Alnus viridis (the Alpine alder) ; these mines were 

 by no means scarce — and they probably indicate some species 

 at present entirely unknown to us — and besides that, they 

 give us the intimation that we should examine our own alder 

 bushes to see whether we have not also with us an alder- 

 feeding 3Iicropte7njx. 



The afternoon that day was spent in driving to Samaden 

 and back, as I thought I ought to lose no time in inquiring 

 for my Stettin friends; but I heard at the new Bernina Hotel, 

 which had sprung up, mushroom-like, since my visit to 

 Samaden in 1865, that Professor Hering and Dr. Schleich 

 had already departed. Our driver, who seemed about 

 thirteen, was asleep the greater part of the way from Mai-ia 

 to St. ?»Ioritz, and we had to poke him from time to time 

 lest he should "zu Grunde gehen." On our return we 

 walked up the hill to St. Moritz, and there I found some 

 more Depressarla larvas, in the umbels of a small Umbelli- 

 fer ; from these I have since bred two D. Heydenii. 



The following day was again cloudless! and this time we 

 ti'ied the right side of the valley of the Fex, which we found 

 a much more prolific hunting-ground than the opposite side 

 of the valley. We ascended through a steep firwood, the 

 undergrowth consisting of Vacchiium myrtHlus and Vifis- 

 idcBi. Some large yellow Conipositce were attractive lo m.any 

 Tortrices and a few TinecBj as well as to the RJiopalocera. 

 I could not resist catching a splendid Argynnis Latlionia., 

 just to enjoy the pleasure of having a good look at it, and 

 then let it go again. 



There was a decent winding path through the wood, and 

 after surmounting the first steep ascent the ground was nicely 

 broken into little knolls and hollows, so that there were snugly 

 sheltered spots — exposed to the sun but sheltered from the 

 wind. The ground was almost carpeted with Dryas octo- 



