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Epinephele Junira , near St. Nicholas, where, this visit, we took no 
Lycaon ; it was probably too early for the latter. 
Coenonympba Arcania , var. Darwiniana, I took a large series of 
this form, mostly in the Saas Valley ; some of these specimens 
resembled Arcania enough to have been found amongst the typical 
species in a German wood, others, on the contrary, cannot be dis- 
tinguished from the Satyrion of the High Alps. There is scarcely a 
break in the links from Arcania to Satyrion. 
A SyrichtJius, taken in the Saas Valley, seems to me distinct, but 
it is, perhaps, a variety of Alveus. 
Nisoniades to yes. 
Hesperia lineol-a , comma , and sylvanus, taken in the A isp Valley. 
At Aigle (Canton Vaud) Argynnis Ino and Bararge Algeria were 
caught. 
Ino globularice , one taken low down in the Visp V alley. The 
commonest species is Geryon , but there are two forms of Statices 
common, one with fewer scales on the wing and slightly different 
antennae. 
Zygcena Jilipendulce. 
Z. transalpina, AAsp Valley. 
At the Schwarze See the larvae of Zygcena exulans were most 
abundant ; Mr. Baker brought some of these home and reared them 
successfully. 
The following list of Bombyces is incomplete, some species being 
as yet not satisfactorily determined by me, and, therefore, omitted. 
Setina aurita , abundant, var. ramosa , common, occurring even in 
the birch region. 
Gnophria rubricolllis. 
Emydia crib rum, var. Candida. 
Nemeophila plantaginis and russula. 
Callimorpha dominula , Visp Valley. 
Spilosoma mendica , Visp A r alley. 
Dasychira fascelina , A r isp Valley. 
Leucoma salicis, Visp Valley. 
Porthesia similis ( auriflua ) . 
These last two were reared from larvae found in the Valley. Mr. 
Baker reared a remarkable variety of the gold-tail moth, a male, with 
the ground colour a beautiful sulphur-yellow, instead of white. 
Bombi/x neustria and castrensis, both reared from larva?. B. la- 
nestris , larvse abundant on birch near St. Nicholas in webs (not reared). 
B. quercus , larvae found and reared ; perfect insects caught. 
