B12 THE entomologist's kecokd. 



iS. alvcolii.s and T. t/iainiias ,- and, in addition to these, I took the follow- 

 ing species, whose places had hitherto been blank in my collection — 

 C. vir(iaureac and its ? var. zennattcmis (the only form of the ? 

 found in this valley), one very dilapidated specimen of C. aleiphron var. 

 gordius, one specimen of ('. jildaeaa, Fohjonimatus baton (a few), i'. 

 orbitnlus (one ^ only at the top of the Simplon pass), P. donwlii (two 

 specimens, both (^s), rijrainch carditi, M. artoiiis \nr. mrropc (one $ 

 at the top of the pass), M. parthcnic var. raria, M. didi/nui $ var. 

 alpina (the only form I saw for two years), a single torn specimen of 

 Brenthu pales, Melanipias mclampnx (abundant, but worn), Krvhia tyn- 

 darm, J"', (joantc, K. eiirijalc and var. adytc (all abundant), Kjiinepluie 

 hjcaon (the (? of which was somewhat past), C. sati/rion (at the top 

 of the pass, a form I have not since met with), Syriehthits san, and 

 PampJnla comma (the latter very abundant). (At some time during 

 this season I took one specimen of Coenonijmpha darns, of which I have 

 unfortunately no note, nor have I seen the species since.) 



The weather having become very cold we descended, on August 

 27th, to Brigue, where we renewed acquintance with B. dia, and my 

 wife netted an enormous specimen of Papilio )iiac/iao)i, which measures 

 3f ins. in expanse — a record I fancy — and the following day returned 

 to Veytaux, where Z. hetidae and B. dia were still very busy, and 

 Pyrameis atalanta abundant. C. In/ale and one or two of the Vanessids 

 were frequently to be seen for six or seven weeks, and C. cdiisa 

 remained with us till December. 



During this first season I had, therefore, taken the following 113 

 species and varieties (not including C. yordius and B. pales which were 

 too bad to put into a collection) — P. podalirius and P. machaon, P. 

 apollo, A. crataeyi, P. brassicae, P. rapae and P. napi, A. belia var. 

 ausonia, PL cardamines, L. sinapis and var. erysimi, C. phicomone, C. 

 hyale and C. edusa, Cr. rJiamni, Z. betnlae, Z. (jxercus, 2\ sjn)ii, T. v- 

 album, T. ilicis and var. cerri, T. pruni, C. rubi, C. viryaiircae J 

 and var. $ zermattensis, C. chryseis, C. dorilis, C. jildaeas, P. aeyon, 

 P. aryus, P. baton, P. orbitnlus, P. ayestis, P. icarus, P. bellaryus, P. 

 dorylas, P. corydon, P. damon, P. donzelii, P. eumedon, V. aryiolus, ('. 

 sebrits ? , ( '. minima, N. semiarytts, N. cyllarus, L. avion, X. liicina, 

 A. iris, L. sibylla, L. Camilla, Ij. populi var. tremnlae, P. r-album, 

 E. polychloros, A. nrticae, V. io, K. antiopa, P. atalanta, P. cardui, 

 M. artemis and var. merope, M. didyma ^ and var. ? alpina, M. 

 cin.via, M. parthenie var. raria, M. dictynna, D. 2}aplna and var. 

 valesina, A. aylaia, A. adippe, A. niobe var. eris, A. lathonia, B. eapJiro- 

 syne, B. amathusia, B. dia, B. ino, Af. yalatJiea, 21. melampKs, K. 

 oeme,E. medusa, K. tyndarus, E.yoante, E. aetliiops and var. lencotaenia, 

 E. liyea, E. eiiryalc and var. adyte, S. hermione, S. semele, S. cordnla, S. 

 phaedra ? , P. meyaera, P. maera, P. eyeria and P. acJiine (deianira), E. 

 hyperanthns, E. janira, E. lycaon, C ijdiis, ('. pampliilus, C. darns, 

 C. arcania var. darniniana, C satyriou, S. althacae, S. laraterae, S. 

 alveolus, S, sao, T. tlianmas, T. lincola, I', sylrainis, I'. cdHniui, X. taycs 

 and ('. pani>icnx — no mean take. 



The season of 1898 was an unusually late one, much of the spring 

 being wet and cold, and, while many of the species which I had taken 

 in Veytaux in 1897 were in their former haunts, the better kinds, such as 

 < 'liri/sdjdianns c/irywis, X. cyllarns, P. eumedon, [.. arion, L. eauiilla, L. var. 

 tremulae, V.aeJiine [deianira), ('. arcania, and C. ipJtix were conspicuous 



