26 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



(c.) occasional sli.yht bl. surtnsion at base of 



ws. ? . 

 (d.) deepening of gi-d. col. in ^ . 

 Log. ''.'/., above les Avants. viii. 2/96 (h'.-Ihu.) ; Bisbinno, vi. 

 12 {Maimi 



N. Cyllarus, Jlott. (Damfftas, Hh.) ; 30mm. Yd. ])lt. 



AstriKjaliis, Tri folium, AfelUotiis, ( hiohn/chis, (itniista : hyb. 1. 

 3- brilliant bl., 9 brn. with bi"t. bl. bases. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. f.w. eye-spots increasing greatly in size from 

 eosta to below the middle, in connection with bl. or grn. suffu- 

 sion over greater part of h.w. (c. Mdanops). 

 Loc. C. in most years from Montreux to Morel, esp. at Lavey 

 (Wh.) ; Sion and Brig (Fat:) ; iv. e. v.-vi. (My earliest date is 

 Veytaux, iv. 5/99.) Not gen. found above 3000ft., but mounting 

 exceptionally considerably higher, when it may be found later; e.f/., 

 Splugen, 4700ft., vii. 5, 1900 {JL-Jh-n.). In many places round 

 Geneva; Veyrier, Chene, Bois de la Batie, Bois de Bay, i^c, v. 6-27 

 (BL). Not V. c. elsewhere in Switz. ; Locarno, vi. b. /02 (CJip.) ; 

 San Stefano, v. 22 (Mai/rr); Weissenburg, vi. b., not c. (%.) ; 

 Jura (Christ); Bergell (Frey); Tarasp (<Virist), 



Grenoble, v. 97, v. large; Digne, iv. e. /97 (Tuft): vi. /90 

 (Lwu.)\ vi. b. 99 (7.'. -/>/•/;.) ; Auribeau, iv. 6/03 (V'//^0 ; Vallon 

 Obscur, St. Marliu Vesubie {Jinn.); Alassio, iv. m. /03 {'I'mt) ; 

 Certosa di Pesio, vi. b. /92, c. (AV*;/7'.s) ; Aosta, v. /95, e. fine (Miss 

 Ftn.); Orta, v. m.-vi. m. 1900, scarce (Lour); Trafoi (Fiyi/). 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) Size: reaching to 3Bmm. or 31mni., hut 



sometimes v. small, culminating in : 

 ab. Blachieri, Milliiri': sometimes as small as 22mm.; un.s. 

 eye-spots gen. large (but r. infni.). 

 Log. Rhone Vallev, &c., e.,i., Lavey, v. 2.S,*1900; v. 10/02; 

 Veytaux, v. /Ol ; Aigle, v. /6l (Tf//.) ; e. above Saillon [Far.) ; 

 Troinex, iv. 29 (7>'/.). 



Monnetier, vi. 3, 4 (/>/.); St. Martin Vesubie, vi. 6/92 (Bnii.) ; 

 Susa, vi. 18/02 (J. awe). 



(b.) number and size of spots un.s. 



ab. Tristis, derhard ; with eye-spots f.w. v. large. 



ab. Lugens, Caradja ; almost (sometimes quite) without eye-spots 



h.w.; up.s. <? darker in tint, $ v. dk. (rf. ab. Andrmiiiii, 



infra). 

 ab. Dymus, Jlrfh. : without spots un.s. f.w. 

 ab. Subtus-radiata, <:>l>t/i. : spots of un.s. f.w. and sometimes of 



h.w. prolonged into streaks. 

 Log. Charpi^nv, v. 9, 13/01 (/'Vs.); a magnificent d" with streaks 

 on all 4 ws. 15ranson, v. 15/02 (IVh.). 



jObs. — With leKavcl to the var. hi numher of spots in the band of f.w. un.s., 

 I cannot do better than refer to Mr. Lowe's captures at Susa and Certosa di 

 I'esio, 6 spots bein^ the normal number; 1 <? , an ab. Ithichicvi, with 2, and 

 these reduced to dots; 5 cT s, 1 ? with 4; ."> j' s, ] ? with 5; :-5 s s witli 6 on ri^hl 



