126 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



the same species as some of the small European races. A. -.ajnihri 

 itself, though gone so far as to be specifically distinct, is nevertheless 

 closely related to E. nenridas, than which it is smaller and paler. The 

 forces, therefore, which derived E. zapateri from E. neoridaa must 

 have been similar to those producing these small E. zapateri- 

 like forms of E. fvias. Since their times of appearance keep E. evias 

 and E. neoridaa apart in the same way and as firmly as are E. evias 

 and E. zapatrri, it seems necessary to believe that each of the two 

 species was separately dealt with. Have E. i^vias and E. stj/gne also 

 been separately dealt with, and is the association between them at 

 Canales purely accidental ? Or, may we entertain the idea that there 

 is a mimetic attraction between the two species, beyond a merely 

 similar environment ? There are certainly not unfrequently found 

 in the Alps similar pairs of Erebias. It is very common for E. 

 priplnjle to occur with E. pharte, and to closely resemble it, differing 

 a good deal from its aspect when, as in Carinthia, we found it by 

 itself, although E. phartc occurred in the immediate surroundings, 

 and the two did occur together. There is also the curious case 

 of E. pharte and E. iiianto at Guarda (Lower Engadine, Val Tuoi), 

 where the two species presented many specimens of identical facies, 

 tiying together in fairly equal numbers. 



At ]\Ioncayo. the Santuario was at about the highest level at which 

 copious springs arose. These going down made wet overgrown hollows 

 in which various butterflies were abundant. Amongst these Cliryao- 

 phanits firgcmreni' var. mieciii was one of the most interesting; C 

 i/ordiun and C. hippotlwe also occu'Ting, the former in a very large and 

 brilliant form. Melitaeo athalia, Mdanarriia laeht'sis, Aporin rrataegi, 

 and many other generally distributed species occurred, but for numbers 

 Satyrns senwle beat any show of that species I ever saw ; ten or a 

 dozen, twenty or thirty, or even, rarely, forty or fifty specimens would 

 fly oft" from their resting-places on a stone or tree-trunk as one 

 approached ; the larger numbers no doubt usually resulting from their 

 having been herded in front as one progressed. They occurred also, 

 however, very freely in all the openings in the beechwood, but no- 

 where as they did by parts of these steep, boggy streams ; whether 

 they bred there, or were attracted there by the water, I do not know. 

 r took a few, which nearly all turned out to be females, due, perhaps, 

 to their being more conspicuous, but mostly to their having less active 

 habits. I hardly thought them worth catching, still believed I ought 

 to bring one or two home ; but over and over again slashing my net 

 •■ through the l)rown " as they flew off, instead of taking half-a-dozen 

 as I half expected, resulted in absolute blank. To get any. it was 

 necessary to spot a particular specimen and go for it only. 



On the level of the Santuario, Mditaea athalia flew freely, where, also, 

 all the ( 'iiri/snpliani {/lipjiot/ioc. riniaurcac, (lardinx. nud ji/dacas) met with 

 occurred, but not freely. A very ordinary alpine form of Pai)tas!>ius 

 apidld was common, and three larvfe were taken at the same time 

 higher up. There were, however, two moths that interested me more 

 than any others: one of these was a new species of Psychid, which I 

 have called Pymjisi/rhc moncaimrUa. It is a very handsome addition to 

 the European species of that group (see Ent. Bfc, xv., pp. 82-1-330; 

 xvi., pi. ii). The other was Oryyia spleiidida. which will deserve 

 separate notice. 



[To be concluded.) 



