LIST OF BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED IN SWITZERLAND. 35 



Nymphalid^. 



Limenitis Camilla. — On the road at Aigle, just emerging. 



L. Sibylla. — One very small-sized specimen taken at Aigle. 



Va7iessa c-album. — Two seen, but neither captured ; one on a teasel- 

 head, the other settled on the road, both near the same spot between 

 Aigle and Le Sepey. 



V. polychloros. — One very bright individual captured at Visp. 



F. urtic(B. — Not common, but occasionally at highish elevations ; 

 some fresh, some almost scaleless. 



F. io. — Two very much worn specimens at Stalden. 



F. atalanta. — Several hybernated individuals in the Visp Valley. 



Melitcea phcebe. — Not uncommon at Zmutt, Stalden, Eanda, &c. 

 One with the submarginal row of fulvous spaces, upper side, hind 

 wings centred black ; under side normal. 



M. didyrna. — Common; specimens from Zmutt, St. Niklaus, Eanda, 

 Stalden, and Le Sepey. 



M. dictynna. — Common from Tasch to Visp ; also taken on the 

 Gemmi, and at Leukerbad. 



M. athalia. — Pretty common at Eanda, Tasch, and Le Sepey. 



M. jparthenie var. varia. — Eanda and Visp ; three specimens only. 

 One has the ground colour of the central area of the upper side fore 

 wings pale (whitish). 



Argynnis euphrusyne. — A few at Tasch, and on the Gemmi Pass 

 above Kandersteg. 



A. pales. — A few on the Eiffelalp ; also in Zmutt Thai, and on the 

 Gemmi Pass. 



A. lathonia. — Single specimens taken at St. Niklaus, Zmutt Thai, 

 Stalden, and Leukerbad. Eather common at Zermatt, unfortunately, 

 however, difficult to capture flying with the wind, but quite recog- 

 nisable. One was netted here, and another found floating alive in a 

 mountain stream. 



A. aglaia. — One specimen taken at Stalden, and in the Zmutt Thai 

 quite commonly. 



A. niobe. — Common in the Nicolai and Zmutt Thais. Most speci- 

 mens approach the var. eris, of which several were taken. 



A. adippe. — Not uncommon in all the districts visited. 



A. paphia. — This species was just beginning to make its appearance 

 at Aigle, &c., when I was leaving. 



Satyrid^. 



Melanargia galatea. — Very abundant, especially in the Visp Valley 

 below St. Niklaus, and at Aigle. 



Erehia melampus. — Several taken on the Gemmi ; also at Leuker- 

 bad and Kandersteg. 



E. pharte. — A few on the Gemmi, and at Kandersteg. 



E. manto (pyrrha). — One at Kandersteg behind the Bear Hotel. 



E. ceto. — Common in the Zmutt and Nicolai Thais. 



E. ceme. — Not uncommon at Kandersteg, and on the Gemmi. Of 

 this variable species I have one without any trace of ocelli or rusty 

 markings on the upper side, and with only one minute pupilled spot on 

 the under side of the hind wings. Another has two ocellated spots at 



