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up to the Penegal. Another bed of Pefasztes produces Ephippiphora 
grandevana, and Hipparchia semele is not uncommon, resting on the 
tree trunks. 
We get back to the slopes again. The sun now pours hotly down. 
Argynnis lathonia fans her lovely wings on the knapweed flowers, 
whilst A. agdaza, a thorough gourmand, is so busy with his gastro- 
nomic exercises that he allows himself to be picked off between 
finger and thumb. <A. adipfe is more rarely seen, and A. xzobe not 
at all, although it occurs near the summit of the Penegal. Several 
species of Meltea occur—athatha and phebe among others ; so also do 
Melanargia galatea and Epinepheletanira. All the British Vanessids 
are seen—Ffolygonia c-album, Eugonia polychloros, Aglais urtice, 
Vanessa 10, Euvanessa antiopa, Pyramets cardut, and P. atalanta. 
Limenitis stbylla is, however, replaced by L. camilla. Argynnts daphne 
and Satyrus hermione both occurred on the steep path leading down 
to Kaltern. 
But the insect of the slope is Zzby¢hea ce/tis. See it mount in the air, 
up, up over the tallest trees, and away like the wind. ‘This is one of 
the insects I came to catch, and (I dare say it now) came away 
without catching. There are two probable causes why I did not 
catch L. ce/tis :—(1) because I could not; (2) because my friends 
had caught all the easy ones before I arrived on the spot. I have 
an impression that the latter must be the correct reason. At any 
rate, I did see Z. ce/tis (two), and I did not catch Z. ce/tis. At the 
end of July and commencement of August I suspect Z. ce/t/s must 
be nearly over for the year. Mr. Merrifield caught it as early as the 
end of May in 1894, and it appears to have continued on until the 
end of July. Searching the celtis trees for larvae ended in complete 
failure ; and it appears probable that the butterfly hybernates and 
does not lay its eggs until the spring. There was a “quelle” or 
spring on the Mendelstrasse, and, in middle July, what my friends 
could not do by skill they performed by strategy, for they made a 
big puddle in the road—an awful mess for respectable pedestrians to 
wade through,—but Z. ce/é’s was attracted thereby. In this way they 
caught a few good specimens during the early part of their stay. I 
of course did not think much of ce/és ; possibly ce/¢#’s did not think 
much of me. 
‘‘ Blues” were decidedly scarce. Polyommatus corydon was abundant ; 
and then in order of abundance came Vomiades semiargus, Cupido 
minima, Polyommatus tcarus, P. astrarche, and an odd specimen each 
of Cyanirts argiolus and Everes argiades. ‘There were no “ coppers,” 
but Zhecla spint was not uncommon on the saxifrage flowers. 
As on the other side of the pass (vede ‘“ Entom. Record,” vol. vii, 
pp. 49 e¢ seg.), Thymelicus lineola and Pamphila comma were the two 
most abundant species—closely followed in numbers, however, by 
Syrichthus alveus and .S. sao. 
Among the moths many interesting captures were made. JAacro- 
glossa stellatarum fed on quivering wing, whilst Zthosta complana 
