THREE SEASONS AMONG SWISS BUTTERFLIES. "7 
resulted in two splendid examples of C. palaeno (type), which has far 
broader and blacker borders than the much commonez var. europomene. 
All four forms of this insect (two g and two @ ) are to be found at the 
end of the Steinen-alp nearest to Bérisal, and on the lower part; my 
experience being that ('. phicomone, though to be found lower, also- 
extends considerably higher, than (’. palaeno, at any rate in this neigh- 
bourhood. On the same day L took Mrebia pronoe var. pitho—more 
than a fortnight earlier than in 1898. Hieh up on the alp Mrebia 
mnestra was also abundant, as also M. epiphron, whose yar. nelamus I 
also took. Pieris eallidice was also there in some numbers, principally 
at the further end of the alp, where indeed all my specimens were taken. 
A single specimen of Melampias eriphyle completes the list. 
Part of August 2nd and 83rd were spent at the village of Simplon, 
on the further side of the pass, where [I was fortunate “enough to fall 
in with Mr. Tutt and Dr. Chapman. Here Polyomimatus donzlit was 
poly common, though not one ? was to be seen. The type @ of 
Chrysophanus viryaureae, which is not found on the Brigue side of the 
pass, was here in abundance. I took one specimen of Erebia ninestra 
about a mile above the villaze. On Aueust 5th I came across two 
specimens, ¢, of Mrebia gorye var. erynnis, high above the fifth refuge, 
a spot in which Dr. Coulon informs me that he has frequently taken 
both this variety and the type. This is, perhaps, too great a climb 
for those who are not too strong, at any rate 1t was my last expedition 
at Bérisal, from which we returned on August 11th to Sierre, where 
Pieris daplidice was still abundant. An expedition on the 14th to the 
Pfynwald (going, as usual, by train to Leuk) resulted, as before 
mentioned, in two good specimens of Lycaena meleaycr 9, and also a 
few specimens of Satyrus phaedra 2, of which, as well as S. statilinus 
&, 1 had taken a specimen at Sierre on the 12th. On the the 18th I 
went over to Martigny to see Chanoine Favre's collection. This fact 
is worth mentioning, as it accounts for the four species in my collec- 
tion which I have not taken myself, and which were given me by him. 
Parnassius delius, taken at Trient, Lycaena amanda, taken at Martigny 
(this species comes out in the middle of June, in company with 
Argynnis daphne and Mrebia styyne (pirenc), and is quite over by the middle 
of July), Polyommatus orion, taken near Branson, opposite to Martigny, 
in the middle of April (there i is another brood in July, but Pere Favre 
has taken all his specimens in April), and Melitaea cynthia, taken near 
the hospice of 8. Bernard. On August 19th I took a very worn and 
torn specimen of L. boetica at Sierre, on the Colutea, and on the 21st, 
following the instruction of the Chanoine, I found the same species 
on the Colutea, near Branson. SN. statilinus was also present in num- 
bers, though not quite so abundantly as I afterwards found it round 
the tower of La Bathiaz. On the 18th, before going to Martigny, I 
had taken at Sierre a splendid specimen of Colias edusa var. helice, 
another of which I was so unfortunate (or stupid) as to miss a few 
days later. One more visit to Martigny, on September 1st, enabled 
me to secure a pair of the comparatively new fritillary, Melitaea beri- 
salensis, which has, I think, been conclusively proved by Chanoine 
Fayre to be a distinct species. This insect is to be found along the 
Vineyard paths above the Drance, between Martigny-Boure and La 
Bathizz, a fact which I in no way feel bound to keep to myself, as it 
has been published by Pere Favre, its discoverer. Between this date 
