80 THE entomologist's record. 



ocelli in the primaries, but not more than three in any case in the 

 secondaries. 



There remains one very handsome variety of the female to be 

 mentioned, of which I took two examples. It is entirely black above 

 in both wings. The black is very deep ; it is as black as the blackest 

 astur or the blackest melas that I have seen. There are three 

 prominent ocelli in the primaries, rather oval in shape, the very intense 

 black of the " iris " of the spot making itself quite visible. In the one 

 specimen there are no spots at all in the secondaries, thus following 

 out the lines of the male sex, the second specimen, which perhaps is 

 not quite so deep a black, has two very small ocelli in the secondaries. 

 Below, they are very dark brown in both wings, the primaries having 

 a tawny fascia. 



E. lefebvrei ab. intermedia, Obth. — This is apparently the least 

 common of the named forms. Whether it is really a geographical 

 race remains to be worked out. At present, I imagine, there is not 

 sufficient material to settle the point. The types were taken on the 

 Cambres-d'Ase, Montlouis. I have two specimens from Canigou, and 

 Mr. Johnson has two also. This form is dark brown Avith a small red 

 fascia in the primaries in which are the two ocelli, whilst there is a 

 black dot above vein 2 ; there are no ocelli in the secondaries. The 

 underside follows precisely the colour and marking of the upper. The 

 female is paler, the primaries having a third ocellus, and tlie second- 

 aries three minute ocelli, not visible below. I have, of this form, in 

 addition to those from Canigou, one taken by Dr. Chapman at 

 Gavarnie and two from the Barriere de Lourcide. It will be interest- 

 ing to record that Boisduval's type male, E. lefebvrei, has the very 

 small apical ocellus above the two that are universally present. 



The range of variation in both Krebia melas and Erehia lefebvrei 

 seems to be along entirely parallel lines. 



E. melas var. hun;iarica is quite an equivalent of E. lefebvrei type. 

 The larger size of the insect with its large and prominent ocelli 

 — altogether a handsomer form — seems to be quite analogous to 

 Boisduval's type form from the Hautes Pyrenees. Erebia melaa, from 

 the whole of the Isthmian peninsula, including the Balkans, is analogous 

 to the Erehia lefebvrei var. pyrenaea in its two main varieties those from 

 Greece being the duller and less dark variety, whilst those from 

 Herzegovina are blacker and smaller closely similar to the astur 

 race, in fact, so close were they that I hoped they might prove to be 

 melas, ''vera." This, however, was not to be, for I sent specimens to 

 my friend Dr. Chapman, and he very kindly mounted a small series 

 of male armatures, and of the neuration that show, as will be seen by 

 a subsequent paper and plates, they are not melas, but are without 

 doubt lefebvrei, for I quite concur in the Doctor's conclusions. 



Erebia tyndarus var. dromtis, H.S. — I referred {antea p. 54) to the 

 beautiful race of E. tyiularns that flew on the lower slopes of Canigou. 

 We found it exceedingly common on the pastures about five minutes or 

 so below the Chalet Hotel. The tawny patch on both wings, but 

 especially on the primaries, is very brilliant, and yellowish not red ; 

 the two ocelli are prominent, and the ocelli are moderately prominent 

 generally in the secondaries. Oberthiir (loc. cit., p. 25, Etudes), has 

 likewise referred to the species, comparing it with hispania, Btl. from 



