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Erebia Medea and Ligea, A. Galatliea, Thecla Acaciae, 

 Apatura Iris (once), and Limenitis Populi (seen once). Spilo- 

 ihyrus Lavaterae occuried^here : 1 was surprised to find it so 

 late in the season. On the Bruneg Pass most of the commoner 

 species abounded: the most noteworthy were P. Machaon 

 and D. Apollo. The only insect not taken by me before was 

 Argynnis Dia. 



On our return to Lucerne, the same insects as before were 

 seen; P. Machaon, however, not very common. Curiously 

 enough, I did not see one specimen of P. Podalirius during 

 my whole slay in Switzerland; it must occur in this district. 



On the 20lh August I found Melitaea Dydima abundant in 

 a field close to the town, accompanied by Polyommatus 

 Damocles. Nothing else new occurred, except one specimen 

 of Grapta C-Album. 



I think these are all the species I had the opportunity of 

 noticing whilst in Switzerland ; of course 1 expect many 

 escaped observation, as they must do in the hurry of a 

 walking tour. 



The chief interest to an English collector is, to my mind, 

 the extreme abundance of species which are found commonly 

 in England, and also the wide distribution of species which 

 are so local here. Again, as in the case of P. Machaon, one 

 meets witii species in localities very different from those 

 frequented by the same species in England. Another point 

 of interest is the great number of species found at the same 

 time and in the same place ; but this is, of course, accounted 

 for by the greater number of "broods" in the course of the 

 year amongst continental species. 



Out of the sixty-three species of butterflies met with, 

 twenty-four do not occur in Britain. 



Henry Chas. Lang. 



University College, London. 



Notes on some Insects of Italy and of South France, 

 observed between the middle of May and the middle of 

 July, 1872. By Francis Walker, Esq. 



(Continued from p. 281.) 



Arignon. — Coleoptera : Malachus rufus, M. marginellus, 

 Omophilus lepturuides, Larinus Carlinae, Coccinella bipunc- 

 lata. Orthoptera : OEdipoda Insubrica. Hymenoptera : 



