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up. ^Ve, who go out in late July, only meet with Alelitcea pluvbe in 

 rags, so that I merely record it. The males of M. didyina were 

 abundant, but no females were taken. The specimens were some- 

 what small, generally uniform in marking, but very rich in colour. 

 Apparently the species was just emerging. The undersides varied 

 much in the lighter colouring from very white to golden. In one 

 example the submarginal black spots were extended inwards as 

 wedges across the white band just to touch the succeeding yellow 

 band. 



M. parthenie var. varia, the mountain form, or, as some think, a true 

 species, was difficult to see as it flew along low down among the 

 rough growth ; some half a dozen nice specimens were captured. 

 M. athalia was common in places at flower-heads, but not in its 

 prime. Of course, Argynnis niobe was there in its usual numbers, 

 mostly var. eris^ the form without the silver underside. The males 

 were small compared with what I have usually met, and one example 

 had somewhat dwarfed markings. A. aglaia was also, as usual, in 

 numbers, particularly in the corner near the Corner path bridge. 

 Somehow, one does not meet with many females of these species ; 

 possibly one captures a few as samples, and those few are male 

 specimens that force themselves upon one. Among these two 

 species I was delighted to capture for the first time an Issoria latona. 

 What a gorgeous thing alive, and how strong. Although smaller, it 

 strikes one as having more power of smash, bang, than either of its 

 companion relations. Pieris napi var. bryonies was in evidence, or 

 rather portions of them ; only one specimen was in anything like 

 good condition, and that I saved to send to Mr. Main, but lost the 

 post ; the rest were spent and ragged, useless for ova. They were 

 small in size compared with one or two odd ones I have from the 

 Simplon. 



A remnant of spring was met with here in a worn female Euchlo'c 

 cardammes, certainly a species one did not expect either at so late a 

 date or at 5600 feet up. How much alike P. apoUo and Aporia 

 cratagi fly ! Many of the former were certainly seen ; those that 

 came within reach of net or settling were examined, and among them 

 a few A. cratcegi were met with. A very nice female specimen of 

 P. delius was captured, but no others were found. The red-centred 

 blotches on the fore-wings are very conspicuous in this example. 



In the meadows beyond the Zmutt summer village plenty of 

 Colias pkicomo>ie were flying over the recently cut grass, careering up 

 and down in genuine Colias fashion ; still, it was no trouble to soon 

 get a series. A few Brenthis euphrosyne were taken, but going over 

 in condition. Plenty of B. pales were flying about the runnels and 

 damper sections of the uneven pasture land, showing very little 

 sexual difference in either colour or spotting. Of course, the females 

 were quite distinguishable by the shape of wing and the slightly 

 lighter submarginal lunules. They were scarcely larger than the 

 males. Of the Erebias a few Erebia goanie, quite fresh, were taken. 



