310 THE entomologist's record. 



May 17tli took us a mile and a half further on to the village of 

 Lavcy, not far from St. Maurice, which bccarue our head-quarters until 

 the 1st week in June. During this time a considerable increase in the 

 number of species took place. CoUm hi/alc became very common and 

 a very scanty spring brood of C. ediiaa appeared. Here too was found 

 my first really good " take," a pair of Anthncaria bdia var. am^mia, 

 the ? of which is rare. It is a very rapid and strong flier, so that 

 luck and a fair certainty of aim are required for its capture ; I saw 

 only one other specimen. All the species taken at Veytaux and Chietre 

 were still to the fore, and, in addition, Pobjommatm^ hdlari/Ks and 

 Mclitaea cinxia were to be met with commonly at the foot of the cliffs, 

 and Brenthis euphrosj/nc, a little higher up. Shortly before leaving 

 Lavey specimens of ^I. dictynna and B. ino were secured, whilst Knodia 

 Jnjpcranthiis and Epineiikde janira became very abundant just below 

 the village. A visit to Veytaux on May 26th and 27th was productive 

 of Lijcaena avion, doeiwnijnijilia arcania, C. ipJiis a^nd Spilot/ii/nis althaeae 

 and a walk from Roche station across to the Rhone, at the splendid old 

 covered bridge at Chessel, added Pleheiua anpis, which was very abun- 

 dant on the masses of flowers covering the river bank. To this period 

 also belongs a specimen of the wholly white ab. crydini of LeurojiJiasia 

 sinaph, which was afterwards unfortunately broken, but which I was 

 lucky enough to replace by a far finer specimen taken at Veytaux in 

 the following August. 



June Brd found us back at our old quarters at Veytaux, where we 

 remained until the 11th. Here Chri/aojihcaius cini/scis fell to my net as well 

 as Flebcina acyoji, I'uh/oiiiiiiatns cniitcdon, Liiiicnitin laiiiiUa, and Baranjc 

 eyeria ; and an ascent (by rail) to Caux added to these Mclitaea artcniis, 

 M. atJtalia, Krehiaoenie, Pararyemacra, and C. arcania \av. darwiniana. 

 On June 13th at Veytaux I took P. dcianira, one specimen only, and 

 also a single specimen of Limenitis jmjiuU var. trcnndac, which is still 

 among my chief prizes. From June 14th to the 21st we took up our 

 abode at Caux, but as rain and clouds were almost incessant, no new 

 species except AyUm urticae were to be had ; a few specimens of species 

 previously obtained (including (_'. c/iryxfis, L. avion, &c.), being the 

 entire capture. 



On June 23rd we again left Veytaux for le Sepey, some seven miles 

 above Aigle, where Ave intended to pass a considerable part of the 

 summer. Here, on the upper part of the road between Sepey and Aigle, 

 I took, during the last week of June, l'av)tassiiis apollo, I'liccla ilicifi, T. 

 prnni (one somewhat worn specimen only), M. did y ma [S only), Bven- 

 tlds aniathusia, Melanavyia yalatlwa, Satyvas Jiennionc, Sjdlotliyvus 

 aWiaeae and T/iyindicus li n«'< da, and jnst nhoye ^epey ('avtivon'jdtaliis 

 paniscus; and during the 1st week of July Thcda spini, P. covydon, P. 

 damon (^s only), Tj. caniiUa, Knyonia polyehlovo>i, Satyvns covdida, 

 SjnlotliyvKfi lavatcvae, and three somewhat worn specimens of Apatura 

 ivis (two S and one ? ). On the hill immediately behind Sepey I also 

 took specimens of L. avion, Avyynnis aylaia, and A. niohc var. evia, and 

 on July 9th three specimens of i'(dias jihico)none, all J s. Birvis 

 braiisirac swarmed in the village itself. One other butterfly I caanot 

 refrain from mentioning, though I never caught it myself, r/c, Pvyas 

 panddva. One day during our stay at Sepey much exciteiucnt was 

 caused us by the arrival of kindred spirits in the persons of the Rev. 

 F. E. and Mrs. Lowe, the former of whom took a flrst rate specimen 



