OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLYING-HABITS OF BUTTERFLIES. 221 
Genus Argynnis. 
A. aglaia, observed three times. Val Sporz, Lenzerheide, Grisons. 
July 22nd,1919. 3 carried 9. 28th,1919. carried 9. August 
Qnd, 1919. @ carried g. This establishes the fact that both sexes 
of this species can carry ; previous records have only noted the ¢ as 
carrying. 
A. niobe, and var. eris, observed onee. In the Ueschinen Tal, 
Bernese Oberland. July 9th, 1919. I took a pair. The g type, and 
the 2 var. eris. On liberating them the 3 carried 9. On starting 
them a second time the 3 again flew; but they fell into some long 
grass where I found both struggling. Subsequently the @ crawled up 
a grass stem and took to flight for a short distance. On my reaching 
them for the fourth time the ? again flew, and this time so far that I 
was unable to find them again. 
Var. eris, both sexes, observed once. At Follaterre, Valais. June 
16th, 1915. ©¢ carried g. ' Mr. Turner’s and the late Mr. Tutt’s 
records, have already shown that both sexes of niobe could carry ; but 
the above note is, I think, the first record of both sexes of a given pair 
flying alternately. Of cydippe Mr. Wheeler has recorded the ? carry- 
ing (Hnt. Rec., vol. xxviii,, p. 204), and Dr. Dixey that the g can 
carry (Proc. Hint. Soc. Lond., 1915). So this habit is common to all 
three species. 
Genus Brenthis. 
B. euphrosyne, observed once. At Lenzerheide, Grisons. June 18th, 
1919. I found a pair at rest, but failed to make them fly. When 
thrown in the air the ? fluttered her wings slightly, the ¢ remaining 
still. On the ground both made endeavours to walk, the ° being the 
most animated. (Suggests that ¢ would carry if flight took place.) 
B. ino, observed once. At Lenzerheide, Grisons. July 26th, 1919. 
Unfortunately separated before flying. 
Genus Melitaea. 
M. athalia, observed once. At Eclépens, Vaud. June 2nd, 1916. 
© carried g. 
M. didyma, observed twice. At Follaterre, Valais. July 29th, 
TGS 2 carried B.. At Vernayaz, Valais.” July 7th, JOLT." 9 
carried gf. 
Genus Pararge. 
P. hiera, observed once. At Kandersteg, Bernese Oberland. June 
13th, 1918. ¢ carried g. 
P. maera, observed once. At Salvan, Valais. July 1st,1916. 
carried g. 
P. megera, observed once. At Eclépens, Vaud. August 16th, 
L915 § carried 3. 
Genus Fnodia. 
E. dryas, observed twice. At Eclépens, Vaud. August 7th, 1916. 
9 carried ¢. August 14th, 1918. ¢ carried 3. 
Genus Hpinephele. 
E. jurtina, observed once. At Sierre, Valais. June 12th, 1915. 
9 carried 3. 
