12 THE lUTTKRFIJES OF SWITZKRI,.\M) 



Dist. Char. nn.s. b.Av. 12 large yellowish spots ; (up.s.' dk. brn). 



Log. ]5elow (iiornico, and S. side of Mte. Cenere, 1804 (Meismer) ; 

 Giubiasco, nr. Magadino, vii. /57, not scarce (Tra/iii). I can find 

 no later dates. 



[Obs. — Kane gives vi. e. vii., and observes that it " must be beaten out of 

 foliaoe in damp glades of woods." Milliere gives " heights of Berthemont," on 

 \vh. Powell remarks (in lilt.) that he has never taken it there himself, nor has 

 any collector of his acquaintance. It seems a most unlikely loc.J 



Directions of Yar. (a.) decrease in size of spots in ^ up.s. f.w.; 

 sometimes quite disappearing. 



Super Fam. PAPILIONIDES. 



Division LYC/ENIDA. 



Fam. Lycaenidee. 

 Tribe Thestoridi. 



Genus, Thestor, Hh. 



*T. Ballus, l-\il>r. : •28i)im. Fd. ])lt. f^otiis liispidns, 

 hyb. p. 

 (J without, 5 with large or. l[)lotch up.s. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. f.w. copper, h.w. grn. grd. col. 



Loc. Perhaps hardly comes into the region, but Milliere gives 

 waste land of Vallauris : ab. nr. Hyeres : r.//., Col de Serre, iii. 18 ; 

 Costebelle, iii. 21 ; Carqueiranne, iii. 29 /02 {Sldjii-r). 



Tribe Chrysophanidi. 



Genus, Chrysophanus, Hh. 



Prevailing col. copper (or brn.), often with more or less prp. 

 redections ; un.s. with eye-spots : hyb. 1. (exc. Alrifihran). 



C. Yirgaurese, />. ; 8()mni. Fd. pit. llnmcr uniosd. II. 



acuta, Solidaaa rirf/aiirca. 

 Brt. or. -copper, c( without, $ with niniierous 1)1 k. spots on disc 

 f. and h.w. 

 Dist. Char, interrupted line of wh. dots oi' daslics un.s. h.w. 



Loc \'. occasionally in the lower valleys, <.//., Aigle, 1 3, 

 worn, vii. e. /97 ; Martigny (11//.) ; but gen. ab. in Switz. at the pine 

 forest zone. esp. in-, streams and in moist places, vii. e. and viii. ; 

 Jura. 



Savoie, t.//., the lirevent, viii. 18/02 : Boui-g 8t. jNIaiirice. vii. e. /98 

 (2'i(tt); Diiuphiny Alps — St. ^Iichel-de-j\Iaurienne, vii. e., viii. b. 

 /97; ])Ourg d'Oisans, ^iii. m. ,y(i; Hautes Alpes, c.//., Abries, viii. 

 m. 1900 {Tiitt) ; llasses Alpes. <'.;/., l^.arcelonette, vii'i. 1900 {Tatt) : 

 Digne, vii. /91 [Liini.) ; Alpes Maritimes, up to .5000ft. [llrni.): 

 I'iedmont — Prr St. Didier, viii. b. /98 ; ]5obl)ic. viii. m. 01, c. : 

 Au Pra, viii. \n. 01 : ('am])iglio. vii. '9.") ('J'lttt): AN'oH'sIkm-l!-. vii. liS 

 ,97 {Liin,.}. 



Directions of Yar. (a,.) size: from 2J-o8mm. 



(1).) un.s. f.w., distinctness and continuity of 

 wh. line. 



