MY SECOND VISIT TO THE ENGADINE. V 



from my morning's ramble, I did not form a very exalted 

 opinion of the entomological capabilities of Samaden, though 

 I am quite willing to concede that there may be good locali- 

 ties about if one knew where to find them. 



On Wednesday, July 27th, we left Samaden for Pontre- 

 sina. We were unable to get into the hotel, and were obliged 

 to have lodgings a little way off, and it was three days before 

 we could get housed at the Krone. In fine weather this is 

 little inconvenience, but when it rains cats and dogs, as it 

 did one evening at dusk, just as we were going to supper, it 

 is no easy work to avoid the various spouts from the roofs 

 which at such times send down peifect streams of water. 

 Our experimental dodging about between them seemed to 

 furnish great amusement to the small children of Pontresina. 



Our first afternoon at Pontresina was devoted to a pil- 

 grimage to the Morteratsch Glacier ; it was dull but not 

 raining as we went, but whilst we were staying at the foot of 

 the glacier it began to drizzle and rained pretty steadily all 

 our way back. My best capture was a specimen of Gelechia 

 elatella sitting on a rock- face. I also met with single speci- 

 mens of G. interalbicella and G. instabilellaj and with two 

 specimens of Diasemia Uteralis. 



The following morning was rather inclined to be wet, but 

 about midday it cleared up, and in the afternoon I visited the 

 hilly ground between the Morteratsch and Roseg streams ; here 

 I found a worn Chauliodus scwellus, and I also met with 

 Cerostoma falcella (both insects I had never seen alive 

 before). I noticed that the Falcella was attached to a broad- 

 leaved shrub with blue berries, and doubted not that earlier 

 in the season the larvae would be obtainable on this plant ; 

 by the aid of Professor Frey I afterwards ascertained that 

 this shrub was Lonicera ccerulea. In the course of my stay 

 at Pontresina I obtained more than 30 Cerostoma falcella. 



