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was a magnificent variety of Argynnis aglaia, with the dark markings 

 very much increased, and approaching fig. 5 on plate 61 in Mr. South's 

 ' Butterflies of the British Isles.' Many visits were made to this spot, 

 and on every occasion the same profusion of insects was observed. On 

 Saturday, August 14th, another brilliantly fine day, we walked to 

 Chamonix by way of Trient, Chatelard, Barberine (where we diverged 

 from the main road to see the Cascade), and Argentiere, over the low 

 Col des Montets. Nothing new was noticed, but a fine specimen of 

 Papilio machaon was taken as it settled in the dust of the road, and 

 some good examples of Ghry so])}ianus dorilis var. subaljnna were 

 captured. Chamonix itself was almost unbearably hot, and the glare 

 of the sunlight on the snow was rather trying. We walked back 

 through Argentiere and over the Col de Balme, thus having accom- 

 plished a walk which would have been quite impossible in our 

 English climate. Our last long expedition from Forclaz w^as to 

 Finhaut, via the Tete Noire and Chatelard, but, entomologically 

 speaking, this was a disappointing day compared with others, though 

 we got some good Nomiades semiargus and another Polyommatus 

 donzelii, and saw Ghry sophanus phlcBas, the only one observed during 

 our whole visit. On Friday, August 20th, we reluctantly left the 

 Forclaz, and on the road to Martigny we took a few more Calli- 

 morpha liera, which was very plentiful, and a few Pyrameis atalanta. 

 We also out of curiosity annexed a specimen of a large green 

 Locustid and of the red-winged grasshopper, (Edipoda fasciata, 

 which is so well concealed by the colour of its elytra as it settles on 

 the rocks. We arrived at Chardonne, a village half-way up the 

 funicular railway between Vevey and Beaumaroche, in time for 

 dinner, and found that our new quarters contained a terrace over- 

 looking the lake. We spent a considerable portion of our week here 

 in studying this view, which we saw in brilliant sunlight and in 

 gloom, by moonlight and at sunrise ; at sunset, wdth the promise of 

 a fine morrow, and at sunset-time when there was no sun to be seen. 

 The fine outline of the Dent du Midi was sometimes visible and 

 sometimes completely hidden, and the waters of the lake took their 

 hues from the sky and mountains above them. 



On August 23rd we took out our nets and explored Mont P61erin 

 and its vicinity, the most interesting captures being Colias hyale, 

 Eitvanessa antiopa, and Ghrysop)hanus dorilis. E. antiopa had 

 settled in the road among some fallen leaves under a tree, and we 

 should have passed it by unnoticed had it not suddenly opened its 

 wings. An interesting walk through the vineyards, where the green 

 lizards kept peeping up at us from the hot walls, led us to the pretty 

 village of Chexbres, where we took Zephyrus hetulcB, Pararge megcera, 

 Hipparclna semele, and a single Ccenonympha pamphilus, as well as 

 Euclidia glyphica and Larentia tophaceata. In the house at Char- 

 donne we found Bryophila perla, Plusia moneta, Eois rusticata, and 

 Phibalapteryx vitalbata, but all through our visit we did not go out 

 of our way to get any moths, only taking those that turned up. 



On August 27th we left Switzerland for Paris and home, and our 

 eventful month was at an end. During that time we took seventy- 

 five species of butterflies and twenty-six species of moths. — F. A, 

 Oldaker, M.A. ; Haslemere, December 3rd, 1909. 



