678 REV. A. MILES MOSS ON SWITZERLAND AND ITS BUTTERFLIES. 
growing amongst the wet rock and loose stones at the foot of the 
Argentines cliffs. 
Near the cheese farm at Solalex I obtained three specimens of 
a new and interesting Blue, L. alcon , a single specimen of Euchlbe 
belia, a fresh series of C. phicomone, and higher up in the 
neighbourhood of Anzeindaz a series of the Chequered Skipper, 
C. palaemon. Here also I took E. melampus, C. satyrion, several 
lUues and Skippers and a specimen or two of the mountain Fritillary, 
Brenthis pales ; also a delicate yellow geometer, Cleogene lutearia. 
I saw, but failed to catch, a couple of White Butterflies flying 
swiftly over rocky ground, where it -was impossible to run : they 
were in all probability Pieris calliclice. 
By the manure heaps at farms on this expedition I secured 
several good Skippers, notably Spilothyrus althce , which with 
the Blues and even such noble creatures as the Swallow Tails, 
not to mention a host of the Coleopterous tribe, were possessed of 
what we consider depraved tastes, and were often to be seen 
sipping the juices from some dark-coloured and strong-scented 
pool. 
In the upland district of Bretaye and Chamossaire about the 
same elevation as Anzeindaz, I again took Brenthis pales, but not 
commonly, and a couple of the interesting smoky variety of the 
Green Veined White, known as Bryonice, and a specimen of a plain 
grey Skipper, which I believe to be Syridhus cacalice. Amongst 
the Eribias, lappona was always to be found high up in the hills, 
ceme a little lower, and the lovely ligea in company with stygne, 
blandina and melampus in open glades, and on the roadside border- 
ing woods everywhere. In the previous year I took single 
specimens of goante, gorge and euryale, but failed to notice 
these species again. 
One one occasion, I made a long day’s excursion, covering 
between twenty-five and thirty miles, descending first in the 
direction of Aigle and then diverging through a never-ending 
pine w T ood towards Sepey, which I finally reached about 2 p.m. 
The road between Aigle and Sepey in said to be specially famed 
for Butterflies, but with the inordinate length of my ramble I had 
not the time to give it an adequate test. I did however pick up 
several things of interest — one P. apollo and a worn Bee Hawk, 
//. bombylifomiis, two fresh specimens of P. aehine , numerous 
