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the Juras just above Gex, as on the afternoon of June 28th, and added 

 the following species to those already named for this locality, viz., L. 

 ■avion (one), Hesperia sao (two), Erebia ligea, K. spini, female ; an 

 interesting beetle, Cicindela hybrida, L., with greenish head and body 

 and four white markings on each side and a little white marking close 

 by its antennae, Hipparchia semele, and Hesperia alveus. I saw P. a chine 

 again, but failed to take it. P. apollo was about but not in any num- 

 bers, the sun being obscured frequently. I also took one specimen of 

 the pretty beetle Cryptocephalns aureolvs, Suf. In returning, near the 

 village of Gex, I took a fine form of Polygonia. c-alburn, and I noted A. 

 ■urticae and G. rhamni by the gardens. 



In the afternoon Monsieur A. Morey again kindly motored me the 

 12 kilometers to the Col de la Faucille and back. Stopping to collect 

 in a suitable place below the summit I found the Wood Tiger Moth, 

 Parasemia plantaginis swarming with some nice varieties. P. apollo, 

 E. euvyale, E. ligea, E. aethiops, and E. oeme, were about in pretty 

 equal numbers. I got one A. crataegi still worth setting, also three 

 females of Chrysopharius hippoihoe near the snmmit in excellent condi- 

 tion, and tbe bee Bombits agrovum. A good many moths were about, 

 including the black Chimney Sweep, Tanagra atrata ; the black and 

 yellow little moth Psodos auadrifaria ; no Burnets were worth taking. 

 I also got the two moths Mamestra dentina and Crambus pinetellus, and 

 a female specimen of the Hymenopteron Megalodontes spesicornis. I 

 did not go higher than the Hotel at the Col, as the afternoon was 

 waning, and therefore I do not know whether the higher altitudes 

 would produce more at this date. A. Iiyperantus and G. iplds were 

 abundant where I commenced to collect this afternoon, but the latter 

 needed careful selection as the majority were in poor condition. I also 

 got one fine specimen of the moth Carsia praeformata, Hiibn. 



July 2»ri. — Accompanied by my friend, Doctor Gide, of Gex, I was 

 able to pass the Swiss frontier at Sauverny without passports, etc, 

 and we searched the ground on the high road from Sauverny to 

 Versoix, between two large woods, suitable ground for Apaturidae. It 

 was too late in the day to get them on the road, and it was not until 

 about 4 p.m. that I saw a female and a male of Apatura iris settling 

 on the tops of sallows just inside the wood. I got them both, together 

 with a very fresh Hemaris bombyliformis, Och. (the narrow-bordered 

 Bee Hawk Moth), on flower heads, and a female specimen of the 

 Dragon-fly, Sympetruni scotieum. Nothing much else was about. I 

 saw nothing of L.populi'm this district, where it should occur, but was 

 probably too late for it this year of early emergences. 



Staying the night at Sauverny I again crossed the frontier next 

 ■morning. 



July 3rd. — Only one male of A. iris fell to my net at 8 a.m., all 

 hopes of a good bag being dissipated by a violent storm of wind and 

 rain wbich lasted until midday. In the afternoon, on the way back 

 from Sauverny to Gex, the weather recovering, I again visited the L. 

 avion ground described under June 29th, and got another bag of good 

 specimens of both sexes, and a male of G. semiargus {acts) quite fresh. 

 A few fresh males of C. hyale and M. didyiua (small form) were about, 

 and I was pleased to take the first Burnet in good condition that I had 

 seen here, viz., Zygaena ephialtes, var. peitcedani, Esp., with the pretty 

 red band around its body, and also one specimen of Zygaena lonicevaa, 



