THREE SEASONS AMONG SWISS BUTTERFLIES. 7 



resulted in two splendid examples of C. palacno (type), w^hich has far 

 broader and blacker borders than the much commoner var. curopomene. 

 All four forms of this insect (two S and two ? ) are to be found at the 

 end of the Steinen-alp nearest to Berisal, and on the low^er part ; my 

 experience being that C. pkicnwnnc, though to be found lower, also 

 extends considerably higher, than C. palacno, at any rate in this neigh- 

 bourhood. On the same day I took Krehia proiwr var. piWiu — more 

 than a fortnight earlier than in 1898. High up on the alp Krchia 

 vuu'stra was also abundant, as also J/, epipltnni, whose var. nelamus I 

 also took. Ficris callidice was also there in some numbers, principally 

 at the further end of the alp, w^here indeed all my spscnnens were taken. 

 A single specimen of Mclampiax eri^ihi/le completes the list. 



Part of August 2nd and 3rd were spent at the village of Simplon, 

 on the further side of the pass, where I was fortunate enough to fall 

 in with Mr. Tutt and Dr. Chapman. Here Pobjominatus donzelii was 

 fairly common, though not one $ was to be seen. The type $ of 

 Clinjsophanus vir(jaureae, Avhich is not found on the Brigue side of the 

 pass, was hei'e in abundance. I took one specimen of Erebia mnestra 

 about a mile above the village. On August 5th I came across two 

 specimens, S , of Erebia nor<je var. eri/nni>i, high above the fifth refuge, 

 a spot in which Dr. Coulon informs me that he has frequently taken 

 both this variety and the type. This is, perhaps, too great a climb 

 for those who are not too strong, at any rate it was my last expedition 

 at Berisal, from w^hich we returned on August 11th to Sierre, where 

 PicrU dapliiUce was still abundant. An expedition on the 14th to the 

 Pfynwald (going, as usual, by train to Leuk) resulted, as before 

 mentioned, in two good specimens of L>/caena weleaijer $ , and also a 

 few specimens of SatijrHs phaedra ? , of which, as well as .S'. statilinn^ 

 $■ , I had taken a specimen at Sierre on the 12th. On the the 18th I 

 went over to Martigny to see Chanoine Favre's collection. This fact 

 is worth mentioning, as it accounts for the four species in my collec- 

 tion Avhich I have not taken myself, and Avhich were given me by him. 

 Paniaftsiiis delins, taken at Trient, Lycacna amanda, taken at Martigny 

 (this species comes out in the middle of .June, in company wdth 

 A)y>/)inis daphne andErebia ^ti/nne {jnrene),&nd is quite over by the middle 

 of July), P(di/oui)nati(s orion, taken near Branson, opposite to Martigny, 

 in the middle of April (there is another brood in July, but Pere Favre 

 has taken all his specimens in April), and Melitaea cyntlna, taken near 

 the hospice of S. Bernard. On August 19th I took a very worn and 

 torn specimen of L. hoctica at Sierre, on the Cnlutca, and on the 21st, 

 following the instruction of the Chanoine, I found the same species 

 on the Colntea, near Branson. N'. ^tatiliniis was also present in num- 

 bers, though not cjuite so abundantly as I afterwards found it round 

 the tower of La Bathiaz. On the 18th, before going to Martigny, I 

 had taken at Sierre a splendid specimen of Colias edum var. Juiicc, 

 another of which I was so unfortunate (or stupid) as to miss a few 

 days later. One more visit to Martigny, on September 1st, enabled 

 me to secure a j)air of the comparatively new f ritillary, Melitaea beri- 

 f-alenus, which has, I think, been conclusively proved by Chanoine 

 Favre to be a distinct species. This insect is to be found along the 

 vineyard paths above the Drance, between Martigny-Bourg and La 

 Bathif z, a fact wiich I in no way feel bound to keep to myself, as it 

 has been published by Pere Favre, its discoverer. Between this date 



