24 THE BUTTEBFLIES OF SWIT55ERLAND 



Genus, Cupido, Sclmtnk. 



C. Minima, Fssl. (Alsns, Fcthr.) ; 20mm. Fd. pit. 



A>iti(ifialiis ijli/ct/iiliiflltiti, A. cirer, Antlii/llis citbicraiia. ( 'unndlhi 

 varia, Mclilotit.s, &c. ; byb. 1. 

 V. (Ik. brn., S with, 5 without, greenish-bl. scales at base. 

 Dist. Char, un.s, brownish-gr., with eye-spots f.w. in a nearly 

 straight line, and with the double eye-spot next but one to inn. 

 marg. h.w. coming outwards towards out. marg. 

 Loc. Gen. one of the commonest Lycienids; mounts up to about 

 8000ft. ; from iv. e. to viii. at lower elevations, vii.-viii. at higher ; 

 in the former case probably 2 broods {Far., Tutt), rather than a 

 prolonged succession of emergences {Fre;/), as the 1. feeds up v. 

 rapidly. My earliest date is Veytaux, iv. 3/99 ; extraordinarily ab. 

 in Jura, e.;/., St. Georges, vi. e. /02. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) Increase of size (with increase of green- 

 ish bl. up.s. (? ). 

 yar. Montana, /Vv// .- 24-26mm.; eye-spots un.s. often larger. 



Loc. Gen. in moderately high Iocs., c//., Simplon (Far.); but a 

 V. usual form on the slopes above Lavey, (>.(/., v.-vi. /02 (TT7/.). 

 Le Lautaret, vii. e. /9G (Tntt). 



(b.) further increase of size (without iiiait' bl. 

 in J). 

 var. Alsoi'des, (jerliani : 26mm. and above. 



Loc. In the high mtns., r.//., Simplon Pass; Pierre-a-voir sur 

 Saxon; Glacier de Trient (/v<r.): Laqiiinthal (7u//:rrh Miirren. viii. 

 2, &c. (TI7/.). 



(c.) loss of col. in J . 

 ab. Pallida, 'I'i'tt : up.s. pale gr. (v. rare). 



((].) tendency to obsolescence of eye-spots 

 un.s., culminating in : 

 ab. Obsoleta, Tntt: in wIj. they have nearly, or quite, disappeared. 



'C. Lorquinii, U.-S. (Bnddhista. Al}>]ii'i-alii) \ 20mm. 



Fd. pit. (and 1.) unknown. 

 3 deep prp.-bl. (like Srhri(s), 2 brn. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. row of eye-spots in an almost unbroken 

 line, as the last does not conspicuously approach the border. 

 3 differs alscj from Schrtis in size, and broader border, and 

 from Minima in col. 

 Loc. Alpes "Miiritimes {I Inn.). 



C. Sebrus, llsdr. ; 25mm. Fd. pit. (hiohnjcius niuutand, 

 < h'dhits, and ('dltitca orhiircscois. 

 J deep brt. ])rp.-bl., $ brn. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. pale blnish-gi'. with spots on f.w. in nearly 

 straight line (c. N. Si'iitia/yiin). 



