450 REV. A. MILES MOSS ON THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND. 
so inaptly described as the Camberwell Beauty, has the reputa- 
tion of being a common Butterfly in that part of the world, 
but it surprised me by not showing up at all. 
Next come the extremely interesting but no less confusing race 
of Fritillaries. Militcea artemis, one freshly emerged specimen ; 
cinxia, several worn ; athalia, and I think clictynna, very common 
everywhere; euphroayne, common but passe; pales, common at 
a higher altitude ; dia, fairly common ; amathusia, very common, 
one in the larval state crawling with great speed in the hot sun 
on the banks of Lac des Chavonnes, and seeking a place to 
pupate. It fixed itself up for the purpose in the pill box before 
I got back to the hotel, and leaving it undisturbed, it emerged 
satisfactorily in Paris on the home journey. Also in the fields 
round Villars I took two fresh specimens of Argynnis ino. 
A. lathonia I noticed and missed on several occasions, only catching 
two near Perche. A. aglaia was common, and I caught one truly 
magnificent black variety, with the majority of the silver spots on 
the under surface, represented in deep bronze set in a dark green 
belt. It was taken casually as it flew across the road near the 
hotel, and for a moment I did not know what to make of it. It is 
in perfect condition, and as I carefully pinned it out I wished 
much that it was possible to show both sides. I find that the form 
is to some extent known, as one very much like it is figured in 
Curtis, from a specimen caught at Ipswich in 1827 ; but mine is, 
I believe, an even more striking variety. A. niobe was very common, 
though I have, apparently, taken only one of the silver-spotted 
form. A. adippe, too, was common, and one specimen which I set 
to show under-side, is very richly banded with brown. 
A. papliia I ascertained was common in the district but it was 
evidently over. 
Then, in the Satyridae, Melanargia galatea was one of the 
commonest Butterflies, and was accompanied in plenty by Pararge 
niaera. I cannot recollect whether I noticed P. megaera, but 
Sat yens semele and Epinephele ianira were there, and E. liyperanthus 
in the greatest abundance. As to the Erebias, I am still in doubt 
as to the identification of some of my species. I believe I took 
nine, and some were very common. I certainly took good series 
of E. melampus, manta, tyndarus, aetliiops, ligea, and one specimen 
