AND THK ALPS OF CENTRAI- KT'ROI'E. 13 



(c.) 2 ) wh. line appearing on up.s, 



(d.) (? , breailth of blk. border, v. rarely with 



three l)li\. spots nr. apex, up.«. f.w. 

 (e.) 5 , loss of brilliance of (;y(\. col., calniiuiil- 



ing in : 

 var. Zermattensis, Fallou, with grd. col. yell.-brn. 



Log. ZiM-uiiitt valley, vii. /Ol (fjnn.) ; Berisal, viii. /98, ab. 

 (irVf.); Zinal, vii. 81 and viii. /'OS {1!.-Jirn.)\ Sedriin, viii. 27/02 

 (/'V.s.j ; Canipfer, v. ab. {Jones) ; Saasthal, and JNIaderanerthal 

 (Kane). Hitherto considered a ? var. but a corresponding <? with 

 metallic buff grd.-col. was taken at the Ritiel Alp, vi. 28/02, by 

 Chne. Favre. 



[Obs. — On the S. side of the Simplon Pass, e.g., Simplon Village, all the ? s 

 are of the type, on the N. side, and gen. in the other valleys mentioned, all are 

 of the var. A transitional form occurs with the var. at Sedriin (i''i.s.).] 



Dauphiny Alps — St. Michel-de-Maurienne, vii, e. /97 ; La Grave, 

 viii. 5-13 /96 ; Bourg d'Aru, viii. ni. ,96 ; Hautes Alpes — Larche, vii. 

 e. 1900 ; Abries, viii. b. 1900 ; Piedmont — Courmayeur, viii. e. /91 ; 

 Cogne, viii. 7-12/94 ; Pre St. Didier, viii. b. /98 {Tiitf). [The Cogne 

 specimens are the nearest to the small and pale specimens from 

 Zermatt ; those from the otherlocalitiesare riithertransitional ( 'I ntt).] 



Directions of Yar. (b.) and (c.) as above. 



(f.) np.s. f.w. development of blk. spots into 

 streaks. 

 [Obs. — This development is occasionally seen, un.s., in many of the Lvcionidi ; 

 cf. also C. Hippothoe.] 



*C. (Dispar, Hairorth) var. Rutilus, ll'cnirhiinj (Hip))()tli()('. 



Hb.) ; 38mm. Fd. pit. .wrrel and bistort. 

 I*rt. copper red, <? without, $ with row of blk. spots up.s. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. clear gr. with bluish base. 



Log. Certosa di Pesio, round the great springs at Beinette, vii. 

 29/92 (A'om.s) ; Kane also gives Savoie, and Val Tellina. In these 

 Iocs., presumably both broods, v.e.-vi. e. and vii. e.-ix. would occur: 

 further N., in Germany, there is but one, vii. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) J , more or less blk. spots out. marg. 

 up.s. h.w. 



(1).) ? , up.s. h.w. more or less covered with 

 brn. 



Qt. Thersamon, Esp. (Xanthc ////.); '23mni. Ft. pit. 



Spa rtin in .•icopa riniii . 

 Brt. or., ^ without, 5 with spots on disc of f.w. up.s. 'r. 

 ixj'ra (a.)]. 

 Dist. Char. S , brn. shading on up.s. h.w. : J brt. grd. col., 

 extending to out. marg. up.s. f.w. 

 Loc. Piedmont in open woodlands on S. side of Alps; also 

 Gumpoldskirchen {Kam) ; iv. e.-vi. b., and vii.-ix. b. {Spuln-). 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) extent to wh. spots of un.s, are visible 



abo\e, esp. in 3 • 



