6 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 
lowing butterflies were seen in the district :—Coenonympha pamphilus, 
C. arcania, Melitaea phoebe var. cinvioides, Pieris brassicae and P. napi. 
Among other orders, Alewrodes proletella was again seen, but not so 
abundantly as lower down the valley. In the Neuroptera (s./.) the 
only specimens brought home have been identified by Mr. W. J. Lucas 
as Raphidia flavipes, one female, and Panorpa communis var. vulgaris. 
Two males and a female of a fossorial wasp, found struggling together 
on the ground, are Sphew sabulosa, according to Rev. F. D. Morice, and 
the only beetle so far identified is Trichodes apiarius. 
At the time I was at Foppiano the coach road ended at this village. 
Immediately above here the track up the valley crosses the river and 
enters a narrow steep gorge, which separates the Val Antigorio from 
the Val Formazza. The continuation of the road was, however, in 
progress, and it was then expected that it would be finished in a few 
years. When this happens the Val Formazza will be much more 
accessible and the splendid cascade at Tosa-fall will attract even those 
who lack an interest in smaller things. 
For this last stage I had to put my baggage and apparatus on my 
back and a walk of three hours brought me to the hotel at the head of 
the falls (Albergo della Cascata del Toce, height 5,500ft.) in a drizzling 
rain. This was on the evening of June 20th and the rain and mist 
continued till the evening of the 22nd. About 5 p.m. on the latter 
date, however, it cleared up suddenly, and from 6 to 7.80 p.m. butterflies 
were flying in the bright evening sunshine. The ground here was 
covered with gentians, anemones, orchids, and other beautiful alpine 
plants, each of which gave their quota of small inhabitants, including 
many interesting thrips. Pieris napi was abundant and all the females 
taken were the dark var. bryoniae. Most of the males were very 
heavily veined, but occasional specimens were paler, and families bred 
from the Tosa fall females have given a few forms of an intermediate 
coloration, indicating that the two varieties here exist side by side and 
probably intercross. Prof. W. Bateson, who collected at this same 
locality in 1895 and 1897, caught females of the type form along with 
var. bryontae. 
Aporia crataegi was not seen at this height and either does not 
occur or had not yet emerged. Hesperia malvoides was abundant, sit- 
ting on all the footpaths with occasional H. cacaliae. The former 
were quite small. On the slopes at the sides of the falls a small race 
of Coenonympha arcania, with much extension of the dark clouded 
margins approaching the form var. darwiniana was common, and 
single specimens of Veneis aéllo and Parnassius delius were taken, In 
the woods at the foot of the falls Huchloé cardamines and Brenthis 
euphrosyne were flying in numbers. /idonia atomaria seen in abund- 
ance on the slopes, was much smaller bere than those taken a few 
days before at Domodossola. 
A single day’s collecting here (June 23rd) enabled me to get as 
many females of var. bryoniae as I required, and as Cruciferae for ovi- 
position were rare I returned to Domodossola. Pieris napi was much 
more abundant now than it bad been eight days before and several 
females were obtained. The only new butterfly seen on this second 
visit was Polyyonia c-album, while Leptosia sinapis was much more. 
abundant. 
The return journey to England, with about thirty living females 
