6 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
the type ? of Melitaca didyma, which I had not previously seen. A 
walk in the Pfynwald, on July 19th, was memorable for the discovery of 
L. meleayer in some abundance in a field of purple yetch between Pfyn 
and Susten, in the immediate neighbourhocd of which Apatura tla 
was abundant, though mostly somewhat worn. The type @ of L. 
meleager is not found in Switzerland where it is replaced by the darker 
and far less handsome vav. steveni, of which at this time I found only one 
specimen ; later, on returning to Sierre, I took two excellent specimens 
on August 14th, when the males were all much worn, I took, however, 
one good g on August 16th, at Sierre. It will be seen that the dates given 
in Kane’s Handbock are much too early, especially if it be borne in mind 
that the season of 1899 was an unusually forward one. On this date (July 
19th) and subsequent days I found one or two spots in the forest where 
Thymelicus actaeon was common, but it was as usual extremely local. 
A visit to the vetch field and to three others in its neighbourhood on 
July 21st revealed the fact that L. meleayer confined its attentions to 
the one in which I had previously found it; but in one of the others I 
took Hveres amyntas var. coretas, and also the very small var. polysperchon, 
which is certainly not a spring variety, at any rate exclusively, my own 
specimens and Chanoine Favre’s having been taken in the summer. 
In the same place I took a beautifully fresh Dryas var. valesina and a 
specimen of Papilio podalirius var. feisthamelii (with nearly white 
wings), another specimen of which I took at Sierre a few days later. 
On July 22nd I took train to Martigny in search of Lycaena amanda, 
for which I subsequently discovered I was already too late, but took Nv. 
var. coretas ? (worn) and Cupido sebrus 2. A farewell visit to the Pfyn- 
wald on the 23rd resulted in some specimens of Apatura ilia, and one 
each of Thecla spini and Spilothyrus alcaeae, both of which were taken 
near Leuk station. 
July 24th saw a return to Beérisal, a much later one than I had 
contemplated. Parnassius mnemosyne and Pieris var. bryontae were quite 
things of the past, as well as some of the blues which had been abun- 
dant at this time last year. A visit to the Steinen-alp on the following 
day in company with our chaplain, Mr. Fleming, was, however, very 
productive, Colias palaeno 2, and the varieties ewropomene g and the 
nearly white philomene ?, were present in numbers, and one or two 
specimens of Pieris callidice were also obtained, though a rather high 
wind rendered capture difficult ; but the great prize of the day fell to 
my lot in the capture of a very handsome specimen of Aryynnis niobe 
var. pelopta, which has the upperside much suffused with black and the 
underside very strongly marked ; this is, so far as I have been able to 
discover unique as a Swiss representative of this variety. J/clampias 
epiphron was fairly abundant, Polyommatus orbitulus and P. eros, 
especially the former, were in astonishing numbers by the side of the 
stream. An expedition on the following day (by diligence) to the top 
of the pass showed that Colias var. ewropomene was in much finer con- 
dition than on the Steinen-alp, though no ? was to be seen; it is also 
much easier to catch, as it affects the comparatively even ground on 
the right hand side of the road, just beyond the hospice, in which spot 
it was abundant. My only other noteworthy capture was a specimen 
of M. artemis var. merope 9, just behind the hospice. J. epiphron 
was fairly abundant, but worn, and I saw a single specimen 
of Pieris callidice. A second visit to the Steinen-alp on the 29th 
