G80 REV. A. MILES MOSS ON SWITZERLAND AND ITS BUTTERFLIES. 
frequent occurrence. In a damp meadow behind the hotel I took 
the larvae of three different Fritillaries, viz. : — eight or ten of 
A. ino feeding on Meadow Sweet, one B. umatliusia and some 
thirty A. aglaia in different stages of growth on a species of Sorrel 
which grows abundantly in the field. I also found the larvae of 
M. athalia in another place. Before I left Villars ino emerged 
from the pupae, and on revisiting the meadow I was able, as I had 
anticipated, to net a complete series in perfect condition. The 
aglaia did badly on the -whole : always restless and feeding up 
very slowly in captivity. Many pupated, but on emergence 
they resulted in undersized and abnormally blotched specimens, 
more or less crippled. In the same district I took several fresh 
Coppers, viz. : — a series of P. hippothde and one P. thersamon , and 
in addition to some of the Blues already mentioned L. avion , cegon, 
agestis, dorylas, adonis, and a good series of the sombre-coloured 
eumedon. I spotted two specimens of the dainty A. latona, several 
selene and euphrosyne and odd specimens of N. lucina and P. egeria 
which were worn and evidently out of season. A solitary larva of 
V. C-album was taken feeding on hazel and a small batch of 
/ olychloros on a weeping willow at Vevey. 
Long and diligent search on the species of honey-suckle which 
grows extensively throughout the district was well repaid, though 
L. Camilla seemed scarce, and I only procured two larvae, both of 
which died, and a couple of pupce, one producing a parasite. 
The plant was however productive of other things and afforded 
one some interesting work for even wet days. Besides some 
half-dozen other species I found a few larvae of the Lilac Beauty, 
P. syringaria, and on one memorable small bush by the roadside, 
I took from sixteen to twenty pupae of the species, curious 
stumpy little creatures slung perpendicularly tail downwards with 
a few silken threads attaching them to the bare stems. 
Ova and larvae of the broad bordered Bee Hawk were also found, 
and I was greatly interested on one occasion in watching some 
passe females of L. sibylla depositing eggs singly on the honey- 
suckle leaves. 
I thus secured some sixteen ova, which hatched, but soon died ; 
with the exception of one which is still a small larva £th of an inch 
long in its hibernaculum. Burnet Moths of three or four species 
were to be seen in every field ; also occasional specimens of the 
