222 • THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



gathering finally adjourned to the beautiful Fellows' garden of 

 Wadham College, and later, in Dr. Dixey's rooms, separated, after 

 a meeting which will be remembered with exceptional pleasure by 

 all those who were privileged to attend. 



H. K.-B. 



BUTTEEFLY HUNTING IN THE SOUTH TYROL. 

 By H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., F.E.S. 



Whether the season or the localities be to blame, there is 

 no doubt that my entomological experiences in search of butter- 

 flies this year have proved disappointing. My expectations of 

 the neighbourhood of Vienna had been raised by articles which 

 have appeared in this magazine, and a study of local lists. But 

 here, at all events, being alone, I can only think that I failed to 

 hit out the right spots in the places named, since three several 

 expeditions proved utter failures, so far as local species are 

 concerned. 



On the footpath leading up to the Kahlenberg from Nussdorf 

 I met with Heteropterus morpheus rather unexpectedly in a patch of 

 lucerne, otherwise productive of nothing more than Lyccena baton; 

 a day at Weidlingbach, besides the commoner butterflies, yielded 

 only a few L. damon and Chrysophanus virgaurece; while Modling, 

 of which I had anticipated great things, furnished forth no more 

 than Satyrus hermione, a few ordinary fritillaries, and a single 

 example of Pieris rapa var. flavescens, found here in some 

 quantities by Miss Fountaine in 1898. The park at Schonbrunn 

 I did not thoroughly explore, but Neptis lucilla was nowhere 

 visible. Had I extended my observations to the Heterocera, I 

 could have made a good bag in the Prater from the electric 

 lamps, but it requires some nerve to collect in the brilliantly 

 lighted restaurant garden, where, in the tropical weather I ex- 

 perienced from July 6th to 11th, the entire city dines and drinks 

 the long summer evenings until far into the small hours. 



Leaving on the 11th, I joined Mr. F. C. Lemann, Mr. A. H. 

 Jones, and Mr. Hamilton Druce at Brenner the next day, but un- 

 fortunately my arrival in the mountains was signalled by a change 

 in the weather; a high wind was blowing, and soon after midday 

 our particular alp was shrouded in misty rain. This was espe- 

 cially disappointing, as a former visit had convinced me that it 

 was a really fine hunting-ground for the higher alpine species, 

 and especially the interesting and, in my experience, rare little 

 Melitaa asteria, which occurs just above the tree limit. I 

 secured two or three specimens, mostly from hawkweed flowers ; 

 but it was distinctly rare, and when I returned three weeks later 



