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species was common. Other species, especially Argynnids, were 

 abundant, and I soon had my boxes full to overflowing with Argynnis 

 niobe, A. ar/laia, Brenthis amathusia, B. ino, B. pales, B. euphros!/ne, 

 Melitaea dictynna, M. athalia, Chrysophanus hipjMthoe, Coenonytiipha 

 iphis, C. satyrion, and the usual blues. My way then led me down 

 through magnificent beech woods to the Breitach, and, on crossing 

 the bridge, my attention was immediately attracted by a dark Argynnid, 

 which proved on capture to be Brenthis thore. This was immediately 

 followed by a second specimen and also a female of CaUimorpha 

 dominida, so that I decided to give the banks of the Breitach a thorough 

 search in spite of their wild overgrown condition, and was quickly 

 rewarded with another fresh species, Erebia liyea. I could not, how- 

 ever, delay long, so, after securing half-a-dozen B. thore and a couple 

 of E. liyea, I hurried on. Further up the valley I came upon an open 

 space where the river had forsaken its old bed for a new one, the old 

 bed being overgrown with bushes of a species of willow, and more 

 especially the shingle banks being overgrown with thyme. On these 

 patches of thyme a small blue was very common, but as they were 

 no longer fresh I only brought home a type specimen ; I regret this, 

 however, deeply, as it has proved to be Plebeius aryyroynomon var. 

 aeyidion ; a few more B. thore and E. liyea were captured before reaching 

 the entrance to Breitach Klanim, where I found the ladies awaiting me. 

 We then took our way through the Ivlamm, a magnificent canon, and 

 afterwards climbed out at the other end ; but very little else, entomo- 

 logically, was observed this day. 



The folloAving day was again spent in the Breitach Valley, in order 

 to get a series of B. thore, but this insect was over, and only worn 

 specimens rewarded my eftbrts. 



July 8th was again devoted to an expedition up the Oythal, but with 

 the exception of Polyowmatns anteros (one specimen), no new butterflies 

 were obtained. The rocks in the Trittach Valley were, however, more 

 productive than before, Larentia iiavicmctata being in fine condition, 

 Aventia flexxda, Boarmia repandata, Larentia salicata, L. olivata, L. 

 aptata, Anticlea. berberata, Ellopia var. prasinaria, and Anyerona 

 prnnata. On returning home I found a letter calling for my im- 

 mediate return to Berlin, so that my holiday was cut short just as I 

 was beginning to get a good idea of where to go and what to seek. 



After my return my wife and sister-in-law made an expedition to 

 the Nabelhorn, and my wife made a small collection on the upper 

 slopes, which, though small, was sufficient to show me that a good 

 many other species would have been found if I could have remained 

 longer. My wife's captures included Folyommatus pheretes, Erebia 

 epiphron, Erebia lappona, E. evias, Brenthis dia, Dryas paphia, Gnophos 

 glaticinaria, G. dilucidaria, and Larentia rerberata. 



I returned to Berlin the following day, July 9th, and a few days later 

 my friend, Herr Heinrich, and I sugared in the Grunewald, but beyond 

 noting a remarkable abundance of Xylina lithoxylea, and some nice 

 black forms of X. iiwnoylypha, very little worth notice turned up, 

 although the sugar was fairly crowded with insects. I netted one or 

 two Geometers, notably a specimen of Acidalia verbata, which I had 

 at first taken for A. perochraria. 



The following Sunday I went with Herr Heinrich to Riidersdorf, in 

 hopes of turning up some of the specialties which occur there. In the 



