78 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



above and below in the male, generallywith two or three small ocellated 

 spots in the primaries, often with two or three decidedly smaller 

 ocellations in the secondaries. There may or there may not be a tawny 

 patch below in the primaries. Generally there is a trace of it — 

 occasionally the wings are absolutely spotless. 



The form intermedia, Obth., was described {loc. cit.) from the 

 Cambres-d'Ase mountains on the South of Montlouis. It is evidently 

 very rare, I took it on Canigou and have it from elsewhere as I shall 

 show later. It may be described thus (Through the kindness of M. 

 Oberthiir I have the types before me as I write) : — 



The 3 above and below dark brown, not black, in both wings. The 

 primaries have a faint tawny band in which are two ocellations of 

 medium size below the apex and a black dot above vein 2 ; the 

 secondaries are quite spotless. The colour and pattern below are so 

 close to that above as to need no further mention. 



The ? is paler than the male above, and in addition to the spot 

 above vein 2 in the primaries, is an ocellation as large as those below 

 the apex, and there are three small ocellations in the secondaries. 

 Below, the primaries are somewhat tawny brown with the ocellations 

 as above — the secondaries are uniformly brownish all over, of a very 

 finely irrorated appearance, with no marks of any sort. 



krebia lefchvrei (type) is too well known to need a description here 

 again. As I have already stated, I have Boisduval's types through 

 the kindness of M. Oberthiir. It is a species that has always been 

 correctly identified — the most beautiful of the group — it is the largest 

 of the forms with large deep black ocelli in both wings, nearly always 

 in the primaries in a red fascia, whilst in specimens freshly caught 

 there is a beautiful bronzy sheen that gives an appearance quite 

 " distingue " to it. The female follows closely the characteristics of 

 the male, only the red band and all the ocellations are larger and more 

 prominent. 



I will now proceed to the Canigou specimens. We found them 

 in all suitable spots around and on the mountain. I took them 

 just below the hut, not less than 9,100 feet, they occurred more or 

 less frequently all along the long ridge westward from the Pic, i.e., 

 the route that nearly all the visitors usually take. We found them 

 on the sunny-side of the slopes of that ridge and up to the glacier 

 near the Breche Durier. Again on that vast " sea of stones " 

 below " le Barbet" they occurred frequently, but through that 

 valley a wind always blows, generally furiously, and they were 

 difficult to catch, though I think I must have taken nearly 

 a third of my 120 specimens there, and they occurred all round to 

 the South side, but I should say rarely below 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 I think, however, the spot, where they were the most at home and the 

 most plentiful, was a narrow gorge in the dry bed of a stream, which 

 became narrower in its ascent up the hill until it disappeared 

 altogether. Here, and on the grassy slopes directly adjacent, it was 

 very abundant, and they by no means confined their attentions to the 

 rocky bed. The locality and the day quite perceptibly affected their 

 flight, they would probably not rise on sunless days, but on warm 

 days, when the sun was visible or not occasionally, they appeared 

 indifferent to it, and thus showed quite a different habit to E. lefebvrei 

 at Gavarnie, where they would disappear as if by magic, when the sun 



