THE SEASON 1905 IN GERMANY. 33 



The season 1905 in Germany. Lepidoptera. 



By E. M. DADD, F.E.S. 

 (Continued from vol. .iiviii., p. 15.) 

 On July 2nd I made an early start, as I intended to ascend to the 

 top of the Solleneck, which seemed from afar to give promise of many 

 things. On the way up very little was seen, chiefly owing to the fact 

 that I was too early, and, in fact, Avith the exception of a few Geometers 

 and Micros, my boxes were empty when I reached the summit. On 

 the way down amongst the rhododendrons I had good sport with that 

 pretty little species Psodos quadvifaria and an Eupithecia, Avhose species 

 is at present undetermined, but I was again disappointed in finding 

 absolutely no butterflies at high altitudes, and it was not until I had 

 reached a considerably lower level that they commenced to appear. 

 The first butterfly seen on the way down was an Erebia, which I 

 unfortunately missed, and, although I spent some time searching about 

 the spot, no further specimens were seen, so that its identification must 

 remain unknown. Still lower I met with an odd specimen of Lycaena 

 avion, and almost immediately afterwards netted a Papilio machaon, 

 whilst all the time I was traversing alpine meadows carpeted with 

 flowers, and the sun doing his very best. This absolute absence of 

 butterflies was to me unaccountable, but I presume the altitude was 

 too great. Still lower down, things began to get commoner, and a few 

 specimens each of Colias phicomone, Fieris napi var. bryoniae, Melitaea 

 aarinia and Brenthis eupJirosyne were obtained, as also a specimen of 

 Hemaris fuciformis ; on leaving this meadow, however, and descending 

 into the next, things immediately underwent a change, and I was soon 

 hard at work netting Polyomniatus bellaryus, Nomiades semiargus, P. 

 icarus, Ciipido minima, Lycaena arioji, Colias hyale, C. i^hicomone, Aporia 

 crataegi, Erebia melam pus, Pararge hiera, Coenonymphasatyrion, C. iphis, 

 Eachlo'e cardamines and Syrichthus alvens ; the C. jihicomone were my 

 especial quarry, and I soon had a fine series, but this was not to 

 continue for long, as heavy clouds commenced to cover the sky, the 

 sun was soon obscured, and, long before I reached shelter, I was 

 drenched through and through by an almost tropical storm, but never- 

 theless fairly well satisfied with the results of my outing. After the 

 rain had finished I made my way home, collecting being out of the 

 question for that day. On the way I had the pleasure of making 

 the acquaintance of the small black salamander for the first time, these 

 little fellows being fairly frequent on the path, which was wet from the 

 storm. The next day was spent in the locality where I first found 

 Brenthis aniathtisia, and I succeeded in getting a fair series as Avell as 

 another Polyommatns hylas and numerous Coenonympha tiphon, but 

 nothing new was turned up. 



On the 4th, we had decided to pay a visit to the Breitachklam, a 

 gorge which has only recently been opened to the public, and it was 

 arranged that the ladies should take a carriage as far as the entrance. 

 I decided to make an early start on foot in order to collect by the way. 

 My way led me over the low ridge which divides the valleys of the 

 Trittach and Breitach, and, as the sun was again doing his very best, I 

 was soon hard at work. Coenonymphas have a special attraction for 

 me, and C. tiphon is a species of many forms ; I was, therefore, pleased 

 to come across some marshy ground where a large dark form of this 



