34 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



little higher up, Brenthis amathusia, Erehia melamjnis, and E. 

 ligea were very abundant, while at about 5000 ft. I found plenty 

 of E. stygne and E. oeme. Three fresh specimens of that gaudy 

 little " copper " Chryaoplianus amphidamas, all males, were also 

 taken near a small wood not far from Villars. Further down, in 

 the direction of Gryon, on the wooded sloping hillside, all the 

 butterflies of the neighbourhood seem to be collected together ; 

 four or five different species of " blues," the commonest being 

 P. damon, great numbers of M. didyma, the males extremely 

 richly coloured, L. Camilla and sihylla. S. cordida, males and 

 females, both in fine condition, besides many others of commoner 

 sorts. A long expedition to Solalex, at the foot of the Argentines, 

 on July 14th, resulted in Colias j)hicomone, eight beautiful fresh 

 specimens of Lyccena alcon, several Erehia manto, a solitary 

 specimen of Brenthis ]jales, besides Polyommatus hylas, Erehia 

 cethiops, and E. stygne. Before leaving Villars two more C. 

 amphidamas were taken very close to the place where the previous 

 pair had been captured, and no doubt they were all of the same 

 brood ; I also took two or three fresh C. dorilis, and Brenthis ino 

 was beginning to come out in the fields behind the hotel the last 

 two days of my stay, and probably would soon have become 

 plentiful there. 



On the 17th I went to the Eiffel Alp, above Zermatt, a glorious 

 spot, not merely from an entomological point of view. For, with 

 one of the grandest views in Switzerland always before one, the 

 wonderful Matterhorn peak for ever rising higher, the top either 

 lost in clouds or outlined against the blueness of the atmosphere, 

 he must indeed be a prosaic man who could be unconscious of 

 his surroundings for a minute ; and the butterflies were as cap- 

 tivating as the place. I seemed to have arrived at the Eiffel at 

 exactly the right time, as, although one or two of the higher 

 alpine species were distinctly passe, most of the insects were in 

 very good condition. To mention all the butterflies I got during 

 the fortnight I was there is impossible. I can only casually note 

 the most interesting of them. 



A nice series of Anthocharis simplonia was taken about a mile 

 above the Eifi'el Alp, where they were very local, flying swiftly 

 up and down a rocky moraine. A female, which was kept alive for 

 ova, unfortunately was exposed one morning to the hot sun and 

 was dried up. A little below the hotel, in the direction of 

 Zermatt, Polyommatus orhitulus was fairly plentiful, and a little 

 lower still was a small colony of P. donzelii, with two or three 

 specimens of P. haton flying with them. 



P. eros, all males, were taken flying over puddles on the path. 

 Melitcea parthenie var. i^az-irt was plentiful but over, but B. amathusia 

 was very fresh and finely coloured ; I was surprised to find it as 

 high up as this. Cwnonynqjha satyrion was common, and the two 

 " coppers" — Chrysophanus virgaurece and C. hijjpothoevsiv. eurybia 



