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label and called Mr. Bethune-Baker’s attention to the specimen. He 
not only said that it was undoubtedly C. minimus, but further remarked 
that he had taken that form at St. Moritz and Pontresina some years 
before. At the annual presidential address given by Prof. Poulton to 
the Linnean Society a few weeks ago, the subject dealt with was the 
‘“‘Tnheritance of Small Variations,” in which numerous species well 
known for their proneness to the production of local races were 
mentioned, such as Pieris napi for instance. This aberration of C. 
minimus seems to be a good instance of such inheritance, and perhaps 
it may be possible to get further confirmation if readers will examine 
their series or captures of this species in the Engadine. A few 
Argynnis niobe and Colias phicomone were among the “‘ sitters”’ on the 
flowers. The specimens of the former were unusually liberally spotted 
with silver and not the var. e7’s, which was somewhat remarkable, as 
elsewhere in the neighbour eris predominates almost to the - 
complete exclusion of the type. The latter species, H. phico- 
mone, were all females, and very few males were seen after this 
date. The specimens taken were of an intense yellow on the underside 
of the lower wings, and the disc of the forewing underside was also 
yellow instead of the greenish-yellow which usually covers it. A 
ragged specimen of the very local Brenthis ino was noted quite two 
miles from the extremely restricted area where I had previously taken 
it. This species was not met with at any other spots. One would 
have expected to find a number of Noctuae with such a wealth of 
blossom as grew on the beautiful flowery, steep slopes descending 
towards the old church with its leaning campanile and the Badrutt 
Park, but the only species seen was an extremely small specimen of 
Agrotis ocellina. 
A return to the village brought us back to mundane things. The 
hotels were mostly either closed or used as barracks for the soldiers, 
sentries with fixed bayonets were stationed at the banks, post office, and 
other prominent places, visitors were few and far between, and those 
wandering about eagerly questioning one another for news. A walk 
one would possibly have avoided under ordinary circumstances, through 
the Badrutt Park, showed only a sparse sprinkling of visitors, and not 
one was passed along the path through the woods, across the mouth of 
the railway tunnel near Samaden, and back along the fine gorge, the 
Innschlucht, to the Innfall Bridge. No Lepidoptera were met with 
beyond a few ‘‘ blues” on the flowers. Near the north end of the 
tunnel were masses of a large and conspicuous Composite which [ have 
not identified. The rain now drove us indoors, and ** Woulff bureau” 
news with the non-arrival of expected and delayed communications 
from home, neither letter nor telegram, made us begin to think how, 
when the time came, we were to get home, with limited means and 
tickets not available except by the way of Basle. 
August 5th was another very poor day, not at all propitious for 
entomology; a few odds and ends were picked, among them a very nice 
form of Parasemia plantayinis, in which the ground colour of the hind- 
wings was pure white, and that of the forewings slightly tinged with 
yellow only; the light and dark areas were of about normal size; the 
fringes and costa were strongly yellow. <Acidalia flaveolaria was still in 
numbers and in good condition among the grass on banks. 
The next day was one of those which fortunately have so rarely 
