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at Meiringen soon after six, having done about thirty miles. It 

 was a glorious day's experience, in spite of being a failure ento- 

 mologies Uy. A tramp through Brienz to Interlaken and St. 

 Beatenberg on the 9th yielded nothing but Pararge meera, Aphan- 

 topus hyperanthus, and Chrysophanus dorilis, for, though it was 

 fine, the sun only appeared at intervals ; and on the following 

 day, walking from St. Beatenberg to the shore of the lake at 

 Beatenbucht, I only took Erebia athiops, Aphantopus hyper- 

 anthus, Epinephele jurtina, Pararge mara, P.megcera, and a worn 

 specimen of Thecla spini. I also saw a fine male of Callimorpha 

 quadripunctaria in the waiting-room by the landing-stage. Then 

 I went by water to Thun, where, about 1 p.m., while waiting on 

 the quay for the return boat, a male Apatura iris settled by a 

 puddle on the road almost at my feet, but I could not get out my 

 net in time. I crossed the lake to Spiez, and walked to Frutigen. 

 It was fine, and the sun shone brightly till about 4 p.m., by 

 which time, when passing through Aeschi, I had taken Leptosia 

 sinapis, Polyommatus icarus, and P. corydon. During the rest of 

 my tour the weather was very uncertain, and I took no more 

 insects, but I carried out my programme in spite of the wet, and 

 walked, on the 11th, to Lauterbrunnen, thence on the 12th via 

 Wengern and the Wengern Alp, over the Little Scheidegg and 

 Mannlichen to Grindelwald ; on the following day over the 

 Great Scheidegg, through a perfect deluge of rain and sleet, to 

 Meiringen, whence I started, on the 14th, via the Brunig Pass, 

 Lungern, and Giswil to Sarnen and Lucerne. 



Between Aug. 2nd and 14th I walked about two hundred and 

 sixty miles, every bit of the country being new to me, and I 

 added considerably to my collection. I imagine that the ground 

 between St. Gothard and Airolo, and that on both shores of Lago 

 Maggiore, would well repay a prolonged stay, for, apart from the 

 new species to be taken there, the variation 'among such insects 

 as Pararge mcera and Chrysophanus virgaurece is very interesting. 



I cannot conclude this short article without recording my 

 grateful thanks to Dr. Chapman, who very kindly identified 

 several of the specimens about which I was doubtful. 

 The Red House, Hasleniere : Dec. 30th, 1912. 



FBIENDS AND FOES OF THE CONIFEILE. 

 By J. W. H. Harrison, B.Sc 



(Concluded from p. 54.) 



Such a series is readily made up, and the following is 

 offered as a reasonable scheme, as all the spiders in it can be 

 obtained anywhere, with the exception of Bolyphantes expunctus, 

 which, however, can be obtained in abundance in certain 

 districts, as has been explained. 



