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of valvje vary, but not more than is usual in sister genera, such as 

 Ercbia. 



I do not think it necessary to say anything further to prove that 

 Epinepliele is composed of several distinct genera, the subjoined figures 

 are in themselves such a sledge-hammer argument that none other can 

 be requisite. 



So far as I can learn Hiibner created the genus Epinepliele 

 for jnitina=janira, thus separating this genus from Coenoni/iiipha, 

 Parmye, Satyriis, etc., to all of which he had previously given the 

 collective name of Oreades with Ureas pru^erpina^Satynis circe as 

 representative. Still earlier Hubner refers to all the Sat'yrids by that 

 much abused name Pajiiliu. 



(In 1816 Hiibner published at Augsburg his " Verzeichniss 

 bekannter Schmettlinge." Kpinepliele is the 6th Coitus of the 4th 

 Familia {KnbUae) of the 9th Stirps {Oreades = Sati/ri, Fabr.) of 

 the first Phalanx (p. 59). Both Familia and Coitus are, naturally 

 enough, purely colour arrangements. The first mentioned Kpinepliele 

 is janira, no. 565, and this is followed by eialaro, Esp. { = lt/ca<)ii, 

 Rott.), and by si/ndintene [ditiiene, Esp.). We turn to the 6th 

 Coitus, the i'ljionicxe, and we find the three butterflies that have 

 been since placed with janira, viz., tithunus, idu, and narica. We 

 have thus a name provided for the tithonns group, J'l/ronia 

 tit/ionns. I'asyjltai', Hiibner calls it pasyphae (p. 60), has its place in 

 the next Familia — the Alamioitae — and belongs to the third Coitus, 

 the Tiaiphonae ; now, as tiaiphone (our (/larialis var. pinto) has its 

 uncontested placed among the Krehiae, we may safely utilize the name 

 Tisiphune for the pasipliae group. I don't think I am wrong in 

 assuming that no author has till now separated lycaon from janira, 

 so there is nothing for it but to find it a new name ; I should 

 propose then, the new generic name Hyponephcle. — P.A.H.M.] 



Notes on the Swiss Rhopalocera. VI. 



By the late A. J. FISON. 



(Communicated by Miss L. M. Fisok.) 



Extracts from his letters to, and kindly lent by, the Rev. G. Wheeler. 



1905. 



]. Luiveia [L'lirysophanna) aniphidamas, Esp., etc. 



" Bex, June 9th, 1905. 

 "On Monday I found a good many Polyoimitatns ainanda flying near 

 Sion, but Melitaea aurelia was old. Yesterday I found the place for 

 Loweia (i'lirysopliannti') antpliidanias at the end of the Tiniere Road, 

 but there Avas no sun, and I only took one — a J . To-day W. of the 

 St. Triphon rock I got one Polyounnatiis ainanda. It was very fresh." 



2. Li)ne)iitis jiopnli, L., and Loireia (Ch'-yso/ilianus) ain/diidainas,^s\).,. 



etc. 



" Biel, June 19th, 1905. 



" Am just back from Yvonand. First I tried a valley between' 



hills and valleys S.W. of the station, H miles off — but only found 



Brentliia ino, and Melitaea diitynna. Returning I steered for a part — ■ 



say one mile S. of the station, where in the centre of the line of 



