BUTTERFLIES IN THE TYROL IN 1911 AND 1912. 129 



Butterflies in tlie Tyrol in 1911 and 1912. 



By J. N. KEYNES, M.A., Sc.D., F.E.S. 

 I paid a visit to the Tyrol with my wife in the summer of 1911, and 

 with my wife and son in the summer of 1912;' and the following 

 is a brief record of some of the butterflies taken in these two years. 

 The dates at which the localities mentioned were visited were as follows: 

 — Eggen thai, near Bozen (June 27th and 30th, 1911, June 30th and July 

 2nd, 1912) ; Sarnthal, near Bozen (June 28th, 1911) ; Trafoi (July 

 2nd to 6th, 1911) ; Sulden (July 7th to 11th, 1911) ; Karersee (July 

 8rd to 6th, 1912) ; Madonna di Campiglio (July 8th to 11th, 1912) ; 

 Spondinig (July 12th, 1911) ; Mendel Pass (June 29th, and July 

 14th to 17th, 1911, July 12th to 15th, 1912) ; Brenner (July 18th to 

 21st, 1931, July 17th to 20th, 1912). In 1911 the weather was for 

 the most part brilliant; in 1912 it was very broken. There was a 

 corresponding contrast in the productiveness of the two seasons. The 

 insects taken were fresh and in good condition unless mention is made 

 to the contrary. 



Hesperiid.e. — Eri/nnis lavatcrae. — Exceptionally fine specimens 

 both in the Eggenthal and in the Sarnthal. 



Hesperia androiiiedae. — One specimen at Brenner on July 17th, 

 1912, and a fine series at Trafoi in 1911. At Trafoi the insect was 

 flying freely, but over a limited range only, at a height of about 7,500 

 feet. 



Adopaea Uneola. — Specimens taken in the Eggenthal are consider- 

 ably larger than any we have met with elsewhere. 



Lyc.enid.e. — Chrijsophanus hippotlio'e var. eiirijbia. — This insect 

 was very fresh at Madonna di Campiglio on July 11th, 1912, and our 

 captures included some fine and very dark $ s. 



Loweia alciphroii vsly. pordiits. — Eggenthal and Sarnthal. We took 

 only one 2 • The front wings of this specimen have wider black 

 margins than in the case of specimens we have taken in Switzerland 

 or the Pyrenees, and the hindwings are much more suffused with 

 black. The S s are, on the average, finer than the Swiss specimens^ 

 but do not appear to have any distinctive peculiarities. 



L. dorilis var. subalpina. — -Brenner and Trafoi. 



Rmnicia phlaeas. — A s]Decimen taken on the Mendel Pass on July 

 15th, 1912, having the copper colour much sufl'used with dark, and 

 with very distinct tails, is presumably referable to the form eleus. 



Lycaena arion. — -A $ taken in the Eggenthal on June 30th, 1911, 

 is one of the finest I have seen. Specimens taken at Brenner and 

 Trafoi are of the form obscura. 



L. tolas. — Two fine fresh specimens were taken in the Eggenthal 

 on June 27th, 1911, and one in the Sarnthal on the following day. 

 As usual this insect was remarkably rapid on the wing, and captures 

 were difficult. No specimens were seen in the Eggenthal in 1912. 



Polyommatus amandtis. — ^s common in the Eggenthal and the 

 Sarnthal and on the Mendel Pass. A remarkably fine race, the 

 specimens being, on the average, very much larger than those taken in 

 the Khone Valley, and some quite as large as L. iolas. 5 s were 

 scarce. Two specimens taken on the Mendel Pass on July 13th and 

 14th, 1912, had evidently only just emerged. These were of a glossy, 



June 15th, 1914. 



