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Eighteen males and fifteen females were the results of my captures ; 

 and then I began to awaken to the fact that other treasures were also 

 to be had in the woods near Peszer. A. hecate was flying everywhere, 

 and in perfect condition ; but it was a little early for the females, of 

 which I only took one, a splendid specimen, very darkly marked. 

 M. aurelia, A. daphne, P. alciphion, and G. morpheus, with many other 

 butterflies, if common in other places, literally swarmed here ; if rare 

 in other localities, in this favoured spot they were abundant. We 

 stayed on till late in the afternoon, and the long, glorious day was 

 beginning to wane at last. All were satisfied, and I was delighted, 

 with the success of the expedition. It is worth the long journey from 

 England to Hungary, if only to pay a visit to Peszer in June, especially 

 in the society of so many congenial companions and kindred spirits. 



Erebia medusa, S. V. — Common, but worn, at Szaar in June. 



E. melas, Hbst. — The last fortnight in July and the first in August 

 is the time to find melas on the Domoglet near Herkulesbad. I first 

 saw it on the wing on July 21st, 1897, though Golopenza (my guide) 

 had brought me in one male specimen of it amongst a quantity of athiops 

 a few days prior to that day. It was very common where it occurred, 

 but the ground over which it flew at the top of the mountain was so 

 thickly strewn with huge rocks and boulders that the chase was both 

 arduous and difficult ; the females, too, who were much rarer than the 

 males, were also more difficult to catch. From time to time I would 

 see one driven by the wind, fly some ten or twenty yards, and then 

 alight on a rock, taking to flight again the moment I approached, no 

 matter how cautiously, and (what was curious) they were often damaged, 

 whereas the males were in excellent condition. A week or two later 

 they seemed to come down to a lower altitude, and more than once I 

 observed male specimens as far down as the rocky pathway just below 

 the Kreuz, but never lower. This year I left before melas was out, for 

 though I made many expeditions to Domoglet I did not observe so 

 much as one example of the species. 



E. cethiops, Esp. — Extremely common in all the woods and forests 

 round Herkulesbad in July. 



E. ligea, L. — Occurring in the Domoglet and elsewhere ; a fine, 

 large form. I saw no euryale in that neighbourhood at all. 



Satyrus hermione, L. — Common in July in most localities in 

 Hungary. 



8. alcyone, S. V. — All the specimens I took at Baden and Modling 

 near Vienna in August last year seemed distinctly to belong to this 

 and not to the preceding species. 



S. circe, F. — Fairly distributed in Hungary and Austria. 



S. briseis, L. — This species seemed to be the commonest of the 

 genus. Last year at Modling it was very common in August ; and 

 this year in that same month it occurred in great abundance in most 

 of the localities in the neighbourhood of Buda-Pest, Farkas-Volgy 

 particularly. 



S. semele, L. — Very common everywhere. 



S. arethusa, S. V. — Very common in the neighbourhoods of Vienna 

 and Buda-Pest in August. 



S. statilinus, Hufn. — When I left Hungary towards the middle of 

 August statilinus had not yet appeared ; but about a week or ten days 



