LIST OF BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED IN SWITZERLAND. 35 



Nymphalid^. 



Limenitis Camilla. — On the road at Aigle, just emerging. 



L. sibi/lla, — One very small- sized specimen taken at Aigle. 



Va7iessa c-albuin. — Two seen, but neither captured ; one on a teasel- 

 head, the other settled on the road, both near the same spot between 

 Aigle and Le Sepey. 



V. poh/chloros. — One very bright individual captured at Visp. 



V. urticcB. — Not common, but occasionally at highish elevations ; 

 some fresh, some almost scaleless. 



V. io. — Two very much worn specimens at Btalden. 



V. atalanta. — Several hybernated individuals in the Visp Valley. 



MeLitaa phoebe. — Not uncommon at Zmutt, Staldeu, Randa, &c. 

 One with the submarginal row of fulvous spaces, upper side, hind 

 wings centred black ; under side normal. 



M. did I/ma. — Common ; specimens from Zmutt, St. Niklaus, Eanda, 

 Stalden, and Le Sepey. 



M. dictynna. — Common from Tasch to Visp ; also taken on the 

 Gemmi, and at Leukerbad. 



M. athalia. — Pretty common at Randa, Tasch, and Le Sepey. 



il7. parthenie var. varia. — Randa and Visp ; three specimens only. 

 One has the ground colour of the central area of the upper side fore 

 wings pale (whitish). 



Avijynniti etiphrusyite. — A few at Ttisch, and on the Gemmi Pass 

 above Kandersteg. 



A. pales. — A few on the Riffelalp ; also in Zmutt Thai, and on the 

 Gemmi Pass. 



A. lathonia. — Single specimens taken at St. Niklaus, Zmutt Thai, 

 Stalden, and Leukerbad. Rather common at Zermatt, unfortunately, 

 however, difficult to capture tiyuig with the wind, but quite recog- 

 nisable. One was netted here, and another found floating alive in a 

 mountain stream. 



A. aglaia. — One specimen taken at Stalden, and in the Zmutt Thai 

 quite commonly. 



A. niobe. — Common in the Nicolai and Zmutt Thais. Most speci- 

 mens approach the var. eris, of which several were taken. 



A. adippe. — Not uncommon in ail the districts visited. 



A. paphia. — This species was just beginning to make its appearance 

 at Aigle, &c., when I was leaving. 



SATYRIDiE. 



Melanarffia galatea. — Very abundant, especially in the Visp Valley 

 below St. Niklaus, and at Aigle. 



Erebia melampus. — Several taken on the Gemmi ; also at Leuker- 

 bad and Kandersteg. 



K. pharte. — A few on the Gemmi, and at Kandersteg. 



E. manto [pyrrha). — One at Kandersteg behind the Bear Hotel. 



E. ceto. — Common in the Zmutt and Nicolai Thais. 



E. cenu. — Not uncommon at Kandersteg, and on the Gemmi. Of 

 this variable species I have one without any trace of ocelli or rusty 

 markings on the upper side, and with only one minute pupilled spot on 

 the under side of the hind wings. Another has two ocellated spots at 



