6 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S BECORD. 



(in Avet mountain meadows), M. matiirna, C. iJarus (remarkably large 

 bright specimens in the marshes by Jezero Lake), E. lif/ca, Ci/dojiiilrs 

 iiii.rjihdis, Sec. Returning to Sarajevo on June 30th, we again tried 

 the Trebevic, with much success. In the woods on the lower slopes, 

 ('. niorjihcKs swarmed, and ( '. alciphron, C. Jnjqxjthoe, and (,'. rirf/aureae 

 were common. Higher up we took Limcnitu pojiuli, P. cumcdnn var. 

 fl/h/ia, r. /y/A/.s and ('. ^/rt(V(.s, curiously approximating in colour and 

 marking, and flying together. A', oniie (type and var. sjiodea), K. ti/n<lanifi 

 var. hairanica, and the splendid Colias unjnnidonr, Aying in profusion 

 near the top, with an occasional specimen of the white ab. alba, which 

 was decidedly a prize. We arranged to spend a night at the little 

 Touristenhaus, just under the summit of Trebevic, and on July 2nd 

 we took a good series of this handsome variety, which appeared to 

 haunt the white stones lying amongst the grass near the top of the 

 mountain. We also took on this day many specimens of P. aniandini, 

 also L. areas, about half-way down. We then went back again to 

 j\Iostar, where bad Aveather compelled us to spend two idle days. The 

 thunderstorms were extraordinary, and our hotel was struck by 

 lightning. July 8th was fine, and we drove Qut to the Radopolske 

 (Quelle, about four miles west of the town — it is a pretty dingle in the 

 limestone rocks, very hot, with a small river rushing ready made out 

 of a cavern. Here we took plenty of Mdanan/ia larium var. hertha, five 

 or six P. balcanica, two C. thcrsamon var. vmphale, and a few sundries, 

 such as Libijt/wa celtis, P. tolas, &c. Next day Ave started for Nevesinje, 

 taking Blagaj on our way ; here we spent most of the day collecting, 

 but not with the same success as on previous occasions. We took three 

 /'. balcanica, U\o ('. thcrmmon \QX. omphale, and some good examples of 

 the black aberration (clem) of C. pJdacas. These are much darker 

 than my Spanish specimens. From Blagaj to Nevesinje Ave crossed 

 a, Avidc limestone plateau — a spur of the Velez Planina. I observed 

 })lenty of M. larissa all the AA'ay across the plateau, but asAA'e descended 

 the northern slope it disappeared, nor did Ave ever meet with it again in 

 the country beyond Nevesinje. 



Next day Ave drove on to Ga9ko, close to the frontier of 

 Montenegro, and on July 11th Ave started for the Baba Planina, a 

 mountain (limestone, of course) about 16 miles south-east of the toAvn, 

 (5,000ft. high, and A'ery near the boundary. The high, marshy plain of 

 Gacko is uninteresting, but after crossing this AA'e struck into pretty 

 defiles running up the sides of the Baba, Avell AA'ooded, fertile, and 

 excellent ground for collecting. J'7. li(/ra and E. arthiops sAvarmed in the 

 brusliAVood ; 1'. tolas, P. aniandus, and 1'. conjdon (just out), coA'ered 

 every damp place in the path ; ( '. worplicus Avas common ; and Avhen 

 Ave reached a height of about 4,000ft., Colias myrmidone Avas abun- 

 dant in the hayfields, Avitli an occasional ab. alba. P. ajudlo SAvarmed, 

 l)ut presented no variations; M. iiiatiirna occurred in open places in 

 the Avoods, and Ave took tAVO or three ('. thcrsaiiion var. omjdialc on Avild 

 mint. Our road presently led us through a beech forest, such as 

 cannot be found in civilised parts of Europe, for here the hand of 

 man has scarcely touched the Avood ; the giant trees have groAvn up, 

 decayed, and fallen doAvn, as nature willed them to do ; and the 

 Avolf and the bear still haunt their Avild solitudes. But here the 

 shade Avas too thick for butterflies, and Avhen at last Ave got out of the 

 forest, Ave found the higher mountain pastures so closely grazed 



