144 THE entomologist's record. 



Butterfly Collecting in the Tyrol {n'ith /dates). 



By E. E. BENTALL. 



Being desirous of breaking what is to me new ground, I determined 

 to try what a part of the Austrian Tyrol would produce entomo- 

 logically. Intending to go the last week in June, I was delayed a 

 fortnight, and left on July 7th for Innsbruck, this delay probably 

 making me too late for many species. Innsbruck is w^ell situated, 

 1800ft. above the sea, in a valley running east and west, and shut in 

 on the north by a high precipitous range of mountains, which did not 

 look promising entomologically. On the south, the mountains rise more 

 gradually, and the valley leading to the Brenner Pass gave promise of 

 good country. On the 10th, we drove to the Stefans Brucke at the 

 entrance to the Wip Thai, and on to Schonberg. The day was disappoint- 

 ing, as, with the exception of numerous Dry cm papkia, and Epinephele 

 'iHftina, we only met with a few Parart/e hiera, and a single Polyc/onia 

 c-alhum. I saw, however, several butterflies I believe to have been 

 Limenitis populi, but they refused to be caught. On the 11th, we took 

 the funicular railway to Igls, a village above the Wip Thai to the east, 

 and about 3000ft. high. The Igler Hof is a good hotel, and beautifully 

 situated at the entrance to large woods. We had two days and a half 

 hunting, the rest of our time there being wet. The bag at Igls con- 

 sisted of Adopaea linenla, Hesperia alveiis var. cirsii, ChrysopJianus vir- 

 i)aureae, Cupido minima, Polyommatusicarua , P.ast)arche,Argynnisaglaia, 

 A. adippeysx. cleodoxa, A.niobe, hsoria lathonia, Brenthis dia, Melitaea 

 parthenie, M. dictynna, Polygonia c-albuin, Pararye hiera, Hipparchia 

 semele, Erebia liyea, E. aethiops, E. yoante, and Dry as paphia. There 

 was nothing plentiful except Dryas paiikia, the oth.Qv Argynnid species, 

 and PWebia liyea. I also saw here two or three Liinenitis pnpitli. After a 

 visit to Munich, we went on July 20th, to Salzburg, and, on the next day, 

 we went up the Gaisberg by rail, a height of 4200ft. It is well- wooded, 

 and the day being fine, I hoped for luck. I found butterflies fairly 

 plentiful near the top of the mountain, and, in fact, the whole of the 

 species given in the list to this place w^ere caught at or near the top ; 

 on walking down the mountain, butterflies became more scarce, UDtil 

 none but Dryas paphia were to be seen. The full list captured included 

 Chrysophanus hippotho'e, Noiniades semiaryus, Lycaena avion, Polyoiiimatus 

 hylas, Aryynnis adippeva.v. cleodo.va, Issoria lathonia, Melitaea parthenie, 

 and var. varia, M. athalia, Aglais urticae, Pararye hiera, Erebia aethiops, 

 E. liyea, E. nerine, Coenonympha iphis, Melanargia galatea. On the 

 22nd, we drove to Grossmain, some ten miles from Salzburg, and 

 stopping on the way, we caught some worn Lycaena alcon, some Enodia 

 dryas, which were plentiful at one spot only, and some Coenonympha 

 tiphon, also worn. Adopaea lineola, A. flava, i.'hrysophanus dorilis, 

 Lycaena alcon, L. arion var. obscura, L'upido minima, Cyaniris argiohis, 

 Enodia dryas, Coenonympha typlion, and Melanargia yalatea. On the 2Bi'd, 

 w'e drove to Bechtesgaden, but it was rather wet, so no butterflies were 

 to be seen. It is a lovely drive, and well worth the time it takes. 

 Bechtesgaden is a most lovely place, and should be a good collecting- 

 ground, but the variety of species I found there was not large, probably 

 diie to the lateness in the month, and, perhaps, to the season having been 

 rather early. About half an hour's lovely walk to the north of the 

 town brings one to very goo^ ground, and there I found a good supply 



