26s 
[May, 
*St. Nicholas ; it was in every way a well marked example of the 
sc ' onc ^ ^ ro °d. P . rapce, several examples were taken on the same day, 
also identical in appearance with the second brood. 
Antho charts Belia , common ; I took one line female in the Saas 
A alley, with the apical spot light grey, but the mark on the disc deep 
black. 
Colias Edusa , var. II el ice, Visp Valley. 
Eolyommatus Eorilis , var. subalpina , Visp Valley. 
Lycwna Baton, Visp and Saas Valleys. L. Icarus , var. Icarinus. 
L. Corydon, Visp Valley. L. Damon, near Stalden, Visp Valley. L. 
Seims, I cannot quite make up my mind about this insect, the speci- 
mens caught, which were of both sexes, resemble Sebrus exactly in 
size, but in colour, and in the width of the black border, the males are 
"vei Y similar to semiaryus , much more so than in the type examples of 
Sebrus in my cabinet ; it may be a small race of semiaryus : of course, 
this latter was abundant. L. Cyllarus, common in one field in the 
Saas A alley amongst Vida onobrychioides ; that field could not easily 
be forgotten, it was gay with flowers, Machaon and Bodalirius were 
abundant, so also were Apollo, Hyale, Athalia, Phoebe, Euphrosyne, and 
many other butterflies ; every now and then an Ascalaphus, with its 
straight undeviating flight, passed over head, whilst the dark velvet- 
looking Erebia Evias flitted over the grass, or a large black-winged 
Bombus settled on the blossoms. Such was the near scene, but the 
picture is very incomplete unless we remember that the Monte Rosa 
range bounds the Valley above, and that downwards we look on the 
snows of the Bernese Oberland. Amongst the LyccencB taken were 
specimens of AEyon, semiaryus , and Arion, all varying on one uniform 
plan, namely, the posterior half of the wing shaded deeply with black, 
gradually passing into blue, but the black margin filling quite the half 
of both upper and lower wings. 
Nemeoibius Lucina. 
J anessa comma, Io, and Antiopa , all worn, and evidently hiber- 
nated ; larvae of Io were also common at the same time on the nettles. 
V. iirticoe was common, and in fine condition. 
Melitcea Cinxia, Visp Valley. 
Aryynnis Dia. 
Erebia Goante, Visp V alley. 
(Eneis Ael/o was common near Saas-im-Grund, in one stony part 
of (be A alley ; some fell to my lot, but my companion, who was fleeter 
of foot than myself, caught several. 
Pararye Meyeera. 
