308 THE entomologist's record. 



on the underside); ('. painpkilus: and of "skippers," Be^peria cacaiiae, 

 Syricthus sao (abundant) ; while in the meadows of the lower half of 

 the walk, Pamphila lineola was everywhere ; P. ai/lvanus less common, 

 but probably not fully out. 



The next day I took the train up to the top of the little Scheidegg, 

 returning on foot. Just above the new Jungfrau line I had capital 

 sport with the pretty little Plitsia (Jeven/ens, otherwise, with the excep- 

 tion of Colias palacno (abundant), I added nothing to the list. 



Coenonympha mathewi, n.sp. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



i Anterior wings fuscous, sprinkled with glossy, golden-brown scales, a faint, 

 apical, ocellated spot. Posterior wings same colour as forewings ; a pale, orange- 

 brown patch from anal angle to middle of wing ; 2 (or 3) faint ocellated spots from 

 anal angle just outside orange patch ; fringes white. Underside of forewings bright 

 orange-brown, a distinct, black, small, white-pupilled, ocellated, apical spot, with 

 dark marginal shade, including narrow, faint, metallic line parallel to outer 

 margin ; of hindwings golden-brown, .a narrow, white, median, transverse band 

 inside row of tiny ocellated spots, of which 1 and 5 (counting from anal angle) are 

 nearly obsolete ; outside area same colour as base (sometimes with faint metallic line 

 parallel to outer margin). ? Forewings rather square at apex ; orange-brown, with 

 broad, fuscous, outer marginal band and ocellated spot. Hindwings with rather 

 moie orange than the male in centre of wing, 3 clear orange-ringed ocellated spots, 

 and orange marginal line ; fringes rather darker — grey ; underside as in s . 



Quite recently, Mr. G. F. Mathew sent for my inspection, four 

 examples of a ('ocnnnyinpha that he had taken near Vigo, in July, 

 1886, with the information that he doubted them being arcaiundex,, to 

 which they had been referred. A casual glance showed at once that 

 this reference had been made because of the narrowness of the pale 

 band on the underside of the hindwing, whilst a closer examination 

 showed that the insect belonged to the "durus'' and not to the 

 ^'arcaiiia" group of the Coenonymphas, as does arcanoidcft — the 

 dorsum of the antenna being less distinctly annulated, the club of the 

 antenna less brown and not markedly annulated dorsally. 



The four specimens examined are 3 (^ s and 1 2 ; wing expanse 

 33mm.-34'5mm. ; on the upperside not at all dissimilar to a 

 very uniformly coloured ('. donoi, on the underside, on the contrary, 

 both in tint and markings, very much nearer C. vorinna. As I am 

 inclined, largely on the evidence of the underside, to consider it 

 distinct from ('. dorus I propose naming it mathewi. 



Comparing the specimens with the long series of t'. doriis and 

 C. corinna in the British Museum collection, one notices the following 

 points : 



Males : (1) The males have veiy slightly narrower forewings 

 than C. doriis, rather more pointed at apex, are more uniformly glossy 

 fuscous-brown {i.e., more golden), the apical spot smaller (apart from 

 the variation in its greater or less distinctness). 



(2) The hindwings are more uniformly tinted with the forewings 

 than in C. donis ; the paler brown area is restricted to a small patch 

 extending from anal angle to middle of wing; the ocellated spots are 

 small and ill-developed (not m the direction of obsolescence), and 

 ringed with brown ; the two (or three) spots showing are much nearer 



