Lqndo'pkra of the. Altai Mountains. J^Ol 



1 ^ CEiicis noma, var. maxima (nearly over). 

 2^1^ Hespcria centmircfe. 



\ $ 1 % Pieris chrysidice. 



G $ Colias jyal^no in willow swamp (the first seen). 



2 $ C. melinos (quite over). 

 1 $ Melitiea dictynna. 



1 $ Farnassius delius. 



1 ^ Mclitxa, var. hritomartis ? 



1 ^ CEiieis sciilda. 



1^1^ Arg. jyalcs, very coinnion at GOOO feet. 



5 (^ 1 ^ A. aphirapc. 



5 ^ CosnonympJia iphis. 



2 <^ G. tiplion, small pale var. 



The hope of getting more of what I supposed to 

 be a new Erchia induced me to halt a day, and retrace 

 my steps to the pass, v/hich entailed a rough ride of four 

 hours. Until twelve o'clock there was little or no sun and 

 only two hours in the afternoon. I was unable to find 

 more of the Erehia but got Parnassius stiibhendorji, which 

 I had not seen before, as well as P. eversmanni and delius. 



After leaving this camp, we passed through marshy 

 larch forest with dry meadows until we got into the 

 main valley of the Bashkaus, which is here a large river 

 flowing in an open park-like valley, at about 4000 feet 

 elevation. We crossed it by a wooden bridge, and in the 

 evening reached Ulaghan, where the Saisan or chief of the 

 upper Tchuja and Bashkaus districts resides, and where 

 there is a small Russian church, and one or two wooden 

 houses. The chief, however, though a Christian, prefers 

 to live in \\\&yourt,i\, large round, felt-covered wicker-work 

 tent, which forms the movable habitation of Mongols and 

 Kirghiz throughout a large part of Central Asia. 



After some delay in getting fiesh horses we left 

 Ulaghan on July 27th, a dull day with rain at intervals 

 until 4 p.m. But notwithstanding this some butterflies 

 which 1 had not met with before were out; Argynnis ino 

 was in abundance, and Erehia ligea was seen for the first 

 time, after crossin-f a hicjh rid";e covered wit.h larch forest, 

 which forms the watershed between the Bashkaus and the 

 Tchulisclunan Valleys, which unite ten miles above Lake 

 Teletskoi. 



On the next day Fletcher went up into the mountain 

 after roe, and succeeded during his mid-day rest in taking 



