300 Mr. H. J. Elwes 07i the 



on my head from a pony which was not used to a butterfly- 

 net, hindered my work a good deal for a week, by the time 

 we got back to Kuch Agatch on July 19th, I had nearly 

 1000 specimens. 



The steppe was now covered with a large locust, which 

 flew up in hundreds when disturbed, but the only butter- 

 flies I found on it were Safyrus autonoe in great 

 abundance, and Lyaena cyane, which was nearly over. 

 On the marshy banks of the Tchuja river I got a few 

 Argynnis and Ownonymi^ha, but the weather was again 

 very cold for two days, and a snowstorm on July 19th 

 covered the mountains to a depth of nearly a foot on 

 the liigher levels. On almost eveiy clear night during 

 our stay in the Tchuja Mountains it froze, and in 

 consequence few or no night-flying moths were taken. 

 Retracing our steps ior two days to Kurai, I found a 

 great many species which I had not seen before, and 

 on the 23rd turned north from Kurai, over a high pass 

 which leads to a valley running into the Bashkaus river; 

 at the head of this valley I found one of the best places 

 for collecting I have ever seen, and got into quite a new 

 climate and vegetation, much damper than that of the 

 Tchuja valley. To give an idea of what was to be found 

 here, I copy from my diary as follows : — 



" July 24th. — Marched about 20 miles over a pas.5 about 

 8000 feet high into a wooded valley, and encamped at 

 about 5000 feet on a tributary of the Bashkaus. A dull 

 day, but warm and still, and a few gleams of sunshine 

 after 12. Collected — 



24 ^ 4 $ Erehia keferstchii. 



20 <? 20 ? E. mmirisius. 



1 $ Erchla allied to dahanensis perhaps new ;* 7000 



feet. 

 1 (^ 1 $ E. eiiryale, worn and almost over; GOOO feet. 

 3 (^ E. scdaJcovi quite fiesh, in larch forest. 



7^2? E. tyndarus, 7500—7000 feet. 

 4^1^ E. l(q)2)ona, 7000—8000 feet. 



1 ^ Lyciena astrarchc (the only one seen). 



2 ^ Z. o'ptilcte in willow swamp (the first seen). 



1 $ L. eras. 



2 ^ L. pherdcs. 



1 $ JTesjJcria comma (the first seen). 



* E. n^'tchi'vl. 



