AND THE ALPS Ol' CKNTUAL E|:U()1'K. 35 



{lt.-]!nt) ; from 2n(l Rei'uge to Bei-iaal, vii. 7 /Ol, &.C., v. ab. ("'/(.) ; 

 also on S. side of the Pass (Fav.) ; the Grisons, cj/., Campfer, vii., 

 small (Jo«('x), Pontresina, vii. m. 1900, and Tessin {Clip.). 



V. c. in the Hautes Alpes, c.//., Abries, viii. m. 11)00 {Tntt) ; the 

 Basses Alpes, <'.//., Digne, vi. /90, vii. /91 (Liiiu.) ; Dauphiny Alps, 

 CI/., La Grave, viii. b. /96 ; Bourg d'Aia, viii. m. /96 ; Bourg 

 d'Oisans, viii. m. /9G ; Bourg St. Maurice, vii. e. ,'94 (Tntt) ; Ht. 

 Martin Vesubie, Yallon Obscur, Sec. (Jinn.) ; v. c. in the Italian 

 Alps, e.ff., Certosa di Pesio {Xarn's) ; Torre Pellice \'alley up to 

 7000ft.," viii. /Ol {'I'litt); Susa (//.-/>'/■».); Pre St. Didier, viii. b. /98 

 {'f'litt) ; Courmayeur, vii. b. /02 [Lour) ; Tyrol, e.ij., Botzen (Kane). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) border of small blk. spots up.s. h.w. ^ . 



ab. Punctulata, HA. 



(b.) size and conspicuousness of or. spots 

 up.s. in ? , esp. at apex f.w. 



(c.) tint of grd. col. un.s. 



(d.) occasionally spots un.s. prolonged into 

 dashes {Fis.). 



P. Alexis,! HI). ; 80mm. Ftl. pit. J.ohis curnicuhitus, 



i'l-atjaria, Genhta, Mcilicai/o, Mclilotiis, Astrai/aliis, Sec: hyl). 1. 

 J brt. lilac-bl., $ brn. with or. margl. spots. 

 Dist. Char, extremely narrow blk. out-margi. line not continued 

 round apex f.w. un.s. 



Loc. Gen. distributed, often c, and sometimes ab., though by 

 no means the commonest "blue" as in England. Found up to 

 7000ft. or even more, iv.-x., in 2 and often 3 ibroods. My earliest 

 date is Veytaux, iv. B/99. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tint of grd. col. in j and amount of bl. 

 in $ . 



ab. Pallida, Tutt : J pale lilac-bl., $ bra., shaded all over, exc. 



costa, with pale lilac-bl., pale wedge-shaped mark h.w., and 



often pale bl. marg. bordering the or. spots. 

 ab. Clara, Tult : $ brt. bl. approaching Bellargus, $ same col., 



with or. spots esp. f.w. almost obsolete. 

 [Obs. — This appears to be an ab. of the 1st brood.] 



ab. ? Caerulescens, H'A.; ? with col. of typical J only on basal 



part of ws. 

 ab. J Cserulea. h'ttrhs: $ with col. of typical J as far as the or, 



spots ; marg. brn. 



+ Note. — The utterly unscientific position tliat the first described form must 

 be regarded as the type, can hardly have a better illustration than is afforded bv 

 this sp. The ? Icarus, llott., only differs from the g by its border of or. spots 

 up.s. If it be held, as it certainly should be, that the name Icarus must be 

 applied to this unusual form, then Hiibner's name, Alexis, must be iestored fcr 

 the true type, a course wh. would have the further advantage of getting rid of 

 ab. Iphis, Baumli., and the consequent confusion with ab. Iphis, Mcip. " Literary " 

 types, as opposed to natural ones, are an unnecessary, if " convenient," means of 

 putting literature into opposition with science. 



