AND THK Ar,PS OV CKNTKAL KUROl'K. 15 



Ursei'oiitlial, \.c. [Iuiik]: (rriiusel, Alots-h Glacier (l-'ar.); iUiiii 

 (likm.), Sec. 



The Ih'ovent, viii. in. lH/02 ; Le Lautaiet, vii. e. /9() ; La (irave, 

 viii. b. /9G; Larche, vii. e. 1900; Abries, viii. b. 1900 ('/';<«); St. 

 Martin Vesubie (Bnn.) ; Cogne, viii. ni. /94 ; ]3obbie, viii. m. /Ol, 

 worn {Ti(tt) ; Macugnaga, vii. 16-20, 1900; Campiglio, vii. /95 

 {Clip-) ; Salzburg and Berchtesgaden, vi. e. 1900 [Lanii). 



The extreme form of this var. is named : 

 ab. $ Nigra, l-'ar. .- v. dk. bm. without a touch of or. ; blk. disc, 

 spots up.s. f.w. V. distinct. 

 Log. Mt. Chemin, Martigny (/'«*•.) ; l>erisal {IVJt.). 



(d.) tendency of blk. spots un.s. to coalesce, 

 forming : 



ab. Confluens, (ierhard : sometimes on one side only. 



(e.) diminution in size ; $ fulvous, 

 ab. Stieberi, ^ ''//*« /v/ ,■ a N. form, but rei)i)rtod from Engelberg 

 (/.'(//,■(■/■). 

 [Obs. — in Mr. Finon's collection are .H specimen^ without iiiarkiiig.s on the 

 left f.w. un.s. ; a <J of type, and <? and ? var. F.uryhia. Mr. Ijowe describes a 

 ? var. Kuryliui from Engelberf?, vii. 6/01, as beinf; of uniform dk. brn. with a 

 slight prp. glaze, exc. a brt. or. spot in centre of i.w., throwing into strong 

 relief the 2 large blk. d>sc. spots ; faint traces of unte-iaargl. row of spots f. and 

 h.w. ; no or. margl. band h.w., making the \vh. fringe v. conspicuous.] 



C. Alciphron, Untt. (Hipponoc. A's//. ,• Lampetii, Hb.) ; 



33mm. Fd. pit. l!i(i)u\r acctosa : liyli. ov. 

 S , copper suffused with [ir[)., of Leu giving a brownish 

 appearance, 9 brn. 

 [Obs. — The ? of several sp. of this genus, notably of llcipludii and Doiili^^ 

 (infers extremely from the ^ in >!linpe, as well as col. and marking.s, the J 

 liaving iin angular outline, csp. h.w. 



Dist. Char. un.s. grd. col. f.w. l)rl. copju'r, h.w. jtalr fawn-col.; 

 darker in ? . 



Log. \ • I'arely met with in >Switz. : i'Jngelberg, \ii. {Fn;/} ; 

 Fiesch (not Viege), vi. e. {Trapp) ; c. at the upper end of the Yal 

 Bregaglia, vi. e. {liazzi(fhe>), 



Certosa di Pcsio, v. c. {Norrh). 



DireGtions of Yar. (a.) 3 , diminution in extent of sufiusion. 



()l)s. — In Geneva Tniversity Museum h a i specimen from Hyeres with 

 only a row of prp. spots h.w. 



(b.) greatly increased brilliancy of col. up.s., 

 esp. in ? , leading through the Grecian var. Melibccus, Sh/r. to: 

 var. Gordius, 'S/(/:r/' .• brilliant copper with numerous blk. spots, 

 S witli, $ without metallic prp. suffusion ; 33-37mm. 



Log. Immensely more c. in this region than the tyj)e. Linder 



the cliffs between ^'crnayaz and Martigny, v. ab., vi. 18-15/02 



(Bkiii.) ; vi. 19 01, ,02, &c., till vii. m.; also on the other side of 



the Rhone Valley, and on the path up to and beyond la l^atiaz 



Tr/(.) ; Fully, Granges, Sierre {Fac.) ; Pfyuwald, vi. 24/99 (ll/.-ui.) ; 



