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of this splendid fritillary near Aigle on July 5th, which ho was kind 

 enough to lend to nv^ to piinb from b3f n-o it was ^et. This biitardy 

 is usually found in vji-y \vu a bjalities, bat SI. le Chanjina Favi-3 of 

 Martigny (of whom inore anon), has shown ma a spaiimeu in his 

 collection taken not far below the hospica on the Grand St. Barnard. 

 This latter specimen is remarkable for the extreme paleness of its 

 colouring. '■= 



Our intended stay at Sepey was cut short on July 14th, our 

 locality being changed (by doctor's orders) for the Baths of Aigle — an 

 excellent hunting-ground, but steamy in July, and much frequented by 

 mosquitos, as indeed is the whole of the lower Rhone valley except 

 Sierre and Brigue. Here T. sjii)ii and T. HiriK, together with its var. 

 cerri, were still to be found, tliough somewhat worn ; T. ir-albiiin was 

 fresh on July 22nd but worn by July 28th. These are to be found 

 both on the old and new roads from Aigle to Sepey ; the latter is the 

 sunnier in the morning, the former in the afternoon. Zcphiji-u^qHorcus 

 came out in the middle of July, and is to be found in the wood on the 

 Ollon road near the Grand Hotel, as well as on the new Sepey road. 

 In the same Avood L. aibi/Ua was common, though mostly rather worn, 

 a remark which applies equally to Erehia lif/ea and Faranie delanira. 

 Pobiyonia c-alhum, Dnja^paphia, Ar;ii/nnis adippr, and Paranje me(/acra 

 were abundant, Woicssa io fairly common, and a few specimens of D. 

 paphia var. valcsina were also forthcoming. PamphUa si/lranns and 

 Thjwciicm thaiiinas were common, and I took a single worn specimen 

 of Chrijaophanus vir<iann'ae. An expedition to Lavey on July 24th 

 produced P. (huiion ? , Sati/ni^ acmclc, S. cordida, and N. p/iacdra (<? s 

 only). At the beginning of August, Krchia aethioji'^ appeared, together 

 with its var. lencotarnia, the former being very abundant, and at the 

 same time I took one specimen of Zeplnjnis bdidac It will be seen 

 that the road between Aigle and Sepey is much frequented by the 

 Theclids, which congregate in numbers on a species of elder-bush 

 which grows ordinarily to the height of the shoulder or somewhat taller, 

 its straight stalks being each crowned by a Hower smaller but more 

 solid than that of the common species. A single specimen of CupiJo 

 sebnta, ? , belongs, I believe, to the Aigle list, but as no note was made 

 of it at the time, it may pombbj have been taken at Veytaux, where I 

 have since captured this species.) 



August 5th was spent at Brigue, where the second brood of foliar 

 ednsa had already appeared ; the only new capture at this time was 

 Brcnthia dia. On the 6th we Avent to Berisal, where I had the 

 pleasure of making acquaintance with an enthusiastic entomologist, 

 Dr. Coulou, physician to the Prince of Monaco, from whom I 

 obtained much valuable information as to localities in this neighbour- 

 hood, which he visits annually. Many of the commoner species, and 

 others with which, though not very common, I was already well 

 acquainted, were to be found here in some numbers, such as P. apollo, 

 ('. Ill/ah', !'. an/iis, V. aeijon, P. ai/cstis, P. icants, P.daiiinn, P. brlldnjitx, 

 P. ilori/las, P. cori/don, P. cionedon, X. scmianim, C. minima, M. 

 didynia, P. ciip/irosi/ne, A. lathonia, A. aijlaia, M. (jalathea, S. 

 herminnc, S. semdt', P. moera, P. mcijacra, C. painphilus, S. lacaterac, 



* We saw a \ciy tine exaiuplc un August 18tb, IS'J'J, in the gardens bordering 

 the lake at Lausanne, — Ep. 



