100 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



We were fortunate in finding an enthusiastic entomologist, Mr. 

 George Flemwell, living at the hotel, and as he has been collecting in 

 the neighbourhood of Forclaz for many years, his experience was 

 very useful, and he generously put at our disposal several of his 

 books, which were enriched by his own coloured drawings and notes. 



On the afternoon of August 3rd, after a wet morning, we climbed 

 up the zigzag path to the top of Arpille, which is about two thousand 

 feet higher than the Forclaz. The view from the summit, towards 

 the Bernese Oberland on the one side and towards the Mont Blanc 

 range on the other, is magnificent, and it was especially fine on the 

 day in question, owing to the rapidly changing effects of cloud and 

 mist. On the way up we captured several specimens of Papilio 

 machaon, and a fine female Argynnis niohe, together with Zygcena 

 lonicercB, Setina aurita, Gnophos obfuscaria, Nemoria viridata, Gleo- 

 gene lutearia, and Thera juniperata ; and among the rhododendrons 

 on the summit we were rewarded with a fine series of Colias palceno, 

 and a good number of Hesj^eria alveus, Polyommatus donzelii, P. optilete, 

 Brenthis dia, B. picdes, Erebia pharte, E. stygne, and E. cethiops ; 

 and we paid another visit to this spot three days afterwards, to 

 extend our series of these species. By Mr. Flemwell's advice we 

 went to Martigny on August 7th, and took the train to Sion. During 

 the walk down we captured Thymelicus lineola, Melitcsa didyma, and 

 Agla'is urtica, along the roadside, and two fine specimens of Papilio 

 jMdaUrius were netted in a vineyard near Martigny Bourg. It was a 

 very hot day, and on reaching Sion, soon after midday, we toiled up 

 to the Castle of Tourbillon, where we were glad to find a little shade. 

 On a plateau outside the walls we took some more Papilio podalirius, 

 as well as one or two worn Satyrits hermione, and some fine *S'. cor- 

 dula, the males of which look very brilliant in the sunshine. Dryas 

 piaphia was also common here, and CalUmorpha hera was observed 

 between the castle and the town. 



A day spent on the Col de Balme, whence one gets a very fine 

 view of Mont Blanc and the Valley of Chamonix, yielded little that 

 was new except Erebia lappona, but on Bovine, and along the Valley 

 of the Durnand to the prettily situated village of Champex we 

 took some more Polyommatus donzelii and P. optilete, and the pretty 

 little Psodos quadrifoUa. 



On August 11th we went to Chatelard, on the frontier between 

 Switzerland and Savoy. On the road through Trient and round 

 the Tete Noire we took a number of Erebias, with which we were 

 now beginning to be familiar, and observed that Parnassius apollo 

 was very plentiful ; but immediately after crossing the bridge over 

 the torrent where the road turns off towards Finhaut we came upon 

 a patch of thistles and other wald flowers by the riverside which was 

 literally alive with butterflies and moths. No fewer than thirty-two 

 species of the former and seven of the latter were taken during the 

 busy half-hour which we devoted to this spot, and the new ones were 

 Chry sophanus dorilis var. subalpina, Thecla spini, Anthocharis sim- 

 pjlonia, Colias hyale, Argynnis adippe, Issoria lathonia, Brenthis 

 euphrosyne, Vanessa io, Epinep)liele jurtina, and E. lycaon ; Zygcsna 

 }ii])pocrepidis, Lithosia lurideola, Parasemia russula, and Selidosoma 

 glabraria. But by far the most interesting insect taken at this spot 



