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Brenthis ino, Melitea dictynna, M. didyma, M. athalia, &c.— 
more pleasant perhaps for us than for the butterflies. We lingered 
all too long in this attractive spot, for there was still a stiff 
climb to the summit, and the way again led through the forest. 
By the time we had gained the top and were within sight of the 
fort, the sky had clouded over and rain soon began to fall. We 
tramped through the damp grass, turning out Mrebia stygne in 
abundance, but little else, and the weather becoming worse we 
had to seek such shelter as the rocks afforded. However, we 
persevered, and after a time it cleared up sufficiently for us to 
explore a tempting looking valley, into the depths of which we 
scrambled, down precipitous slopes, pushing our way through 
the bushes, and at last arriving at the swampy ground at 
bottom, which had allured us to the venturesome descent. Our 
exertions were, however, without reward, for there was nothing 
to be found worth catching, and having rested long enough to eat 
our lunch and feast on the wild fruits, we succeeded in finding 
a woodman’s path which led us to the summit again. The walk 
back to St. Maurice yielded nothing fresh, but we had done a 
good day’s work and added three species to our list—L. sinapis, 
P. semele, and V. io. On the following morning a visit was paid 
to the Vallée des Charbonniers, where the bag included a very nice 
pale aberration of I. lathonia, and in the afternoon I climbed the 
hill at the back of the hotel and found Brenthis dia sporting in 
considerable numbers among the bracken, enjoying the last 
brief moments of sunshine before the Monarch of the Day sank 
behind the mountain and left the hillside in shadow. 
On Tuesday, July 7th, we decided to go a little further afield, 
and leaving St. Maurice by the seven o’clock train arrived about 
an hour later at Remiremont, whence a steam tramway runs 
among the hills to Gerardmer. Our destination was Le Tholy, 
in the valley of the Cleurie. It is a small village with a cotton 
mill, and is a great centre of the cheese-making industry. There 
is a little hotel on the mountain above the station, and on our 
way up a magnificent female Limenitis camilla, surely one of the 
loveliest of insects, was secured. A few minutes later Ceno- 
nympha arcana was taken at rest on a blossom, and on the edge 
of a piece of woodland Mr. Barraud netted a male Apatura iris. 
Another record for the day was Thecla ilicis var. cerrt, of which 
some four or five worn specimens appeared. After lunch a walk 
on the other side of the valley resulted in two more L. camilla, 
and among less noteworthy things a dwarf Melanargia galatea, 
but more curious still was a minute Lycena arion, measuring 
only twenty-eight mm., which Mr. Barraud captured. 
(To be continued.) 
