AND THE ALPS OF CENTRAL EUROPK. 



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above Bobbie, viii. m. /Ol, worn {'rutt) ; Susa, vi. 27/99 {l!.-l>ni.) ; 

 viii. m. /96, Avorn i'l'ntt) ; Pre St. Didier to Aosta, viii. b. /98, worn 

 {Ti(tt) ; Botzen, vii. 14/02, not fresh (Lour) ; various places round 

 Vienna, vii. -viii. (Miss Ftn.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) ? , almost complete loss of bl., forming: 



ab. 5 Steeveni, TreiUchhc ; 



Loc. The usual form in the \'alais : (2 type $ s at iMartigny, 

 ii «•///.). 



Alpes Maritimes, commoner than type {linn.) ; Digne, vii. 2,90, 

 and 91 {Tmiu.) ; St. ]\lichel-de-Maurienne, vii. e. 9G {Tntt). 



P. Corydon, I'oda (Tiphys, /vs/'.); 84nim. Fd. pit. 



(Jdionilla, I'iria, Aatrai/cdiis, c^c. : hyb. 1. 

 S pale silvery bl. with greenish tinge, ? dk. fawn-brn. 



Dist. Char. Col. (un.s. f.w. gen. has principal line of eye-spots so 

 bent inwards beloAV the middle as to form a line with disc, 

 spot.) 



Loc. V. gen. and widely distributed, sometimes in amazing 

 abundance [c.;/., between Miirren and Gimelwald, viii. i. 1900) ; 

 mounts up to 7500ft. or more; one brood only vi. (in S.), vii., viii., 

 and often ix. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : from 26mm. to B8mm. 

 (b.) tint of grd. col. 



ab. Calydonius, Loire .• almost the bl. of Melecujcr : up.s. f.w. 



with narrow, v. blk. and v. clearly defined border; b.w. margl. 



row of strongly marked and isolated blk. spots ; un.s. f.w. blk. 



spots V. large, on much darker gi-. grd. col. than type ; h.w. 



with much bl. at base, or. eye-spots rather small and pale, grd. 



col. rather dingy, without a trace of fawn-col. 

 Loc. ^lontana, vi. m. /99 {Loirr); Follaterre, vii. 22 99 (IIVA/.). 

 '•' (?) ab. Hispana, 11.- S. ; lighter, pale spotted marg. ; a transi- 

 tional form is not uncommon in Switz. 

 ab. 2 Semibrunnea, Millihc (Semi-syngrapha, Tntt) ; base bl. 



to disc, spot f.w. and beyond in h.w. 



Loc. Not c, Berisal, viii. '97 (117/.). 



Alpes Maritimes {JJnit.) ; Lago di Loppio and Hiva (Jones). 



ab. ? Syngrapha, Keferstein (Mariscolore, Gerhard) ; bl. to the 

 or. border. 



Loc. The hottest parts of the region ; v. scarce in Switz. ; 1 at 

 Branson (l-'ar.) ; Tramelan, 2 superb examples (A;/.). 



(c.) extent and distinctness of or. spots up..«. 



ab. Aurantia, Intt : $ with distinct margl. or. spots edged 



internally with paler. 



[Obs. — One cannot, I think, be wron;,' in incliulinj/ here the <? fmni in 



which the spots up.s. h.w. are edyeil interiorly with or. ; this tccurs not 



