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metallic flush of the wings is somewhat difficult to distinguish. 

 In certain lights in the cabinet it resembles as nearly as 

 possible the purple glow of Aijatiira iris. Lower down we took 

 a very nicely marked form of Erchia jn'onoe, but again the up- 

 lands were almost destitute of butterfly life. Nor did a walk to 

 Pinzolo on a brilliant midsummer day add largely to our ex- 

 periences, though here, for the first time, we encountered C. 

 dorilis, and Sati/ras cordula, similar rather in size and marking 

 to my Cevennes forms, and wholly inferior to the splendid speci- 

 mens taken last year about this time at St. Martin-Vesubie and 

 Digne. 



On the 28th we again drove from Campiglio, where we had 

 been most comfortably housed at the Hotel Dolomiten, to St. 

 Michele on the railway to Botzen, where my friends stayed for a 

 day's collecting, and found L. orion now in profusion, while I 

 returned to Brenner, thence returning by Innsbruck and Bale 

 to London. 



Taken as a whole, the trip, from the entomological point of 

 view, was decidedly not a success, though, counting single cap- 

 tures, the number of species met with makes up a respectable 

 total. Subjoined is a list of those butterflies which were either 

 observed by me or by members of the party, and, unless other- 

 wise stated, it may be assumed that they occurred in all localities 

 visited except Vienna : — 



Papilionidfe : Papilio jwdalirius (not at Brenner), P. machaon, 

 Parnassius apollo. Pieridse : Pieris cratcegi, P. brassicce, P. rapce, 

 P. napi var. hri/07iice (Brenner), and var. flavescens (Modling 

 only), P. callidice? (Campiglio), Leptidia sinapis, with an occa- 

 sional ab. diniensis ; Colias phicomone, C. hyale, C. edusa, and 

 ab. helice, rarely. Lycaenidse : Thecla spiiii, T. ilicis, T. acacice 

 (1), Zephyriis quercus, all at Mendel; CJirysophanus virgaurece 

 (not at Brenner), C. hippotJioe var. eiirybia, C. dorilis (Cam- 

 piglio), P. pliloicis, Lampides tclicaniis (one taken at Brenner by 

 Mr. Lemann — rather remarkable at such an elevation, 5000 ft.) ; 

 LyciEiia argiades (Mendel only), L. cegon, L. optilcte (1, Monte 

 Pioiin), L. orion (Mendel and Botzen), L. baton (Vienna and Men- 

 del), L. pheretes, L. astrarclie and ab. allous, L. icarus (very 

 scarce), L. escheri (Mendel), L. corydon, L. hylas, L. meleager 

 (1), L. damon (Vienna), L. minimus, L.semiargus, L. arion (Mendel) ; 

 Cyaniris argiolus (Mendel). Apaturidae : A. iris (Mendel), A. 

 ilia {Botzen). Nymphalidre: Limenitis Camilla, L. sibylla ; Poly- 

 gonia c-album, Vanessa polychloros, V. urticce, V. io, V. antiopa, 

 V. atalanta, V. cardid; M.phabe, M. didyma, M. dictynna (Mendel), 

 M. athalia, M. parthenie, M. asteria (Brenner only), A. eupJirosync, 

 A.})ales and ab. napcea, A. dia, A. aniatliusia, A. tkore ^Monte Pioen 

 and Brenner), A. ino, A. latonia, A. aglaia, A. niobc (with '? ab. 

 pelopia at Campiglio), A. papJiia, and one var. valesina (Mendel). 

 Satyrida^ : Melanargia galatea ; Erebia epiphron var. cassiopc, E. 



