88 THE BUITEKFLIES OE S\VITZEKLA}>;D • 



col. ; the smoky markings at marg. obsolete f. and h.w., only 

 one blk. spot nr. costa f.w. 



Loc. Pilatus, vi. 6 /Ol (Loive) ; apparently also the same form 

 described by Frey (" Lepidopteren der Schweiz," p. 17), as being 

 found occasionally in the Engadine. 



[Obs. — Mr. Lowe has another specimen from Pihitus, typical on up.s., but 

 like the above un.s. (v. (b.) i^iipra.)] 



(e.) breadth of dk. border up.s. in J . 



(f.) spots un.s. occasionally elongated into 



dashes {Firy). 



P. Astrarche, linjstr. (Medon, Esp. ; Agestis, Hb.) ; 



2Gmm. Fd. pit. Heliantlteiiium vul(/are, TrifoUiun, &c. ; 



hyb. 1. 

 Brn., 3 greyer than $ u.s. 

 Dist. Char. col. in connection with size ; no basal spot un.s. f.w. ; 

 distinguished further from Ale.ris ab. Icnrinits 5 by entire 

 absence of bl. from base of ws., and from others, c;/., Kioiwdon, 

 Hijlas 5 , Kaclicri J , by the absence of their dist. chars. 



Loc. (ien. considered an ab. as well as a widely distributed sp., 

 and found up to an elevation of 7000ft. or more; v.-vi. and viii.-ix. 

 It appears not to be absent from any district, on rough, flowery 

 pastures, wastes, and slopes. 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) tendency of red spots up.s. to disappear, 



culminating in : 

 ab. Allous, Hb. : in wh. they are absent. 



Loc. Principally in the warmer Iocs, in Switz. in 2nd brood. 

 Also in the Basses Alpes {J''av.), and the Alpes Maritimes [Jinn.). 



ab. Alpina, Sti/r. .■ also without red spots up.s., but is smaller and 

 of darker appearance. 



(b.) Tint of grd. col. un.s. which in 2nd brood 

 is often brn., esp. in J . 

 Yar. Calida, Hcllicr (.Estiva, Sti/r.) ; in wh. the red spots are also 

 large. 



Loc. Chiefly in hot valleys, e.;/., Khone Valley from Martigny 

 to Brig [l''ar.). 



P. Pheretes, Hh.; 28inm. Ftl. pit. (and 1.) uiikiiovvii. 



J brilliant bl., $ brn. 



Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. wh. patches in place of all eye-spots. 



Loc. Confined to the high Alps, from about 5;j00ft. to 8000ft. ; 

 not on the Jura, but v. widely distributed over the mtns. of Berne, 

 Uri, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Glarus, St. Gall, Appenzell, A'aud, the 

 Yalais, and the Orisons, vi. e. vii.-viii. (/•'«(■.," Lepidopteres du 

 A'alais," speaks of it as somewhat scarce and local) ; cf/., Pont de 

 Nant, vii. 12 {III.) ; Arolla, vii. 11, 12, 1900, not c. ; Saas, vi. e. /91 ; 



