250 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
was a bad one with little sun, and beyond a few more Chryso- 
phanus var. rutilus we did not observe anything worthy of note. 
On the 8th of June we took the early morning train to Szada, 
a residence of Baron Vécsez, who had invited us to spend the 
day there. We were met at the station by a carriage, in which 
we drove several miles to the house, where we were received 
with characteristic Hungarian kindness and hospitality, and 
enjoyed a most delightful visit. In the morning we were con- 
ducted by Baron Vécsez through a tract of country consisting 
chiefly of vineyards and orchards, in which many of the bare- 
footed and picturesquely clad peasantry of both sexes were work- 
ing, to some fine woods crowning rising ground; here we were 
pleased to come across Chrysophanus alciphron in large numbers 
and in splendid condition. The day unfortunately was cloudy with 
rain, and we had only a few minutes sun, but during that time 
managed to secure about thirty specimens and also some Melitea 
trivia and Argynnis adippe var. cleodoxa. I found at rest a 
female of Rusticus argyronomon (argus), which is certainly the 
finest form I have ever seen of that species, and has a very 
pronounced and brilliant orange band on the under side of the 
hind wings. 
In returning we were shown some banks covered with 
Aristolochia clematitis, on which the larve of Thais polyxena 
were feeding in enormous numbers; it would not have been 
difficult, I believe, to collect 1000 larve or even more, but I 
contented myself with about five dozen full-grown examples, 
which have since produced over fifty fine pups. In the after- 
noon we looked through Baron Vécsez’s collection of Hungarian 
lepidoptera, which contained some interesting specimens. 
Our last day in the neighbourhood of Budapest (June 12th) 
was devoted to the famous locality of Pészer. Before visiting 
Hungary I had a very indefinite idea where this place was 
situated ; for beyond stating that you took the train from Buda- 
pest to Dabas, a two hours’ journey, all the accounts I could find 
of those that had visited Pészer were silent, and as Baedeker does 
not mention Dabas and Bradshaw knows it not, I had not the 
remotest idea of the direction in which it lay or how to get 
there. It may therefore not be out of place to state that the 
station in the railway guide is named Also Dabas, which means 
Lower Dabas, and is situated about thirty miles south-east of 
Budapest, on the railway to Lajosmizse. 
Leaving Budapest by the early morning train we arrived on 
the ground about 10.30 a.m. I can quite understand the 
enthusiasm which this wood produces on all who visit it. 
Peszer is indeed a wonderful locality for Diurni, which were 
far more plentiful than I saw elsewhere in Hungary; in fact, 
I have not seen anywhere in Europe a locality in which butter- 
flies were in greater abundance. Various causes have probably 
