10 MY FIRST VISIT TO THE ENGADINE. 



small low-growing shrub, Daphne laureola^ on which, be- 

 tween united leaves of the terminal shoots, the larvae of 

 the scarce Anchinia laureolella were to be found. We 

 must have been a little late for them, for we found far 

 more habitations empty than tenanted ; however I contrived 

 to collect about half a dozen of the larvae, but I was sur- 

 prised that we saw no symptoms whatever of the pupae, and 

 the pupa oiiglit to be naked, angulated and attached to the 

 stem of the Dajihne — perhaps in its mode of pupation this 

 species differs somewhat from others of the genus. In this 

 locality also I again met with the mines and empty pupa-skins 

 of Llthocolletis Vacciniella. 



After proceeding leisurely along the valley for some time, 

 Dr. Herrich-Schaffer suggested that we should ascend gra- 

 dually in a slanting direction, then make our mid-day 

 bivouac and proceed back along the higher level. Accord- 

 ingly we moved gradually upwards till we came to a deep 

 ravine, down which there ran a considerable stream, which 

 descended from a rocky height above us, partially covered 

 with snow. From the point where we rested we had a fine 

 view of the upper and stonier end of the valley, where at no 

 great distance from us was the frontier of Italy. On the 

 opposite side of the valley were several patches of snow con- 

 siderably below us, but on our side the nearest snow-field 

 was some height above us. Dr. Staudinger, who had got 

 considerably ahead of us, was much above us, and had been 

 some distance above the snow where he had met with speci- 

 mens of Erehia Alecto, and a beautiful blue snapdragon. 



All along the valley wherever we had to cross a little 

 mountain rill, there grew in the middle of the soft boggy 

 ground tufts of the beautiful blue Gentians (Gentiana verna 

 and nivalis), rivalling in colour the blue of an Italian sky. 



After a halt of nearly an hour's duration we proceeded 

 along the higher level we had attained down the valley, and 



