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(c.) considerable darkening of gvd. col. ^ , 

 culminating in : 



*Yar. Panoptes, tib. : in wh. the or. spots un.s. are also 

 obsolete : v. small. 



Loc. Cannes ; (Hyeres). 



[Obs. — Some collectors well acquainted with these parts assure me that 

 genuine I'lVioptes is not found there (unless iis an occasional ab.) ; v. small and 

 dk. forms are c, but not without or. un.s. h.w.] 



P. Orion, PaUa.^^ (Telephii, Esp. ; Battiis, Hh.) ; 27mm. 



Fd. pit. Si'dniii tch'ji/iiitiii and ^'. album : hyb. p. 

 5 with broader border than J up.s. ; blk. with bl. on bases ; 

 broadly chequered fringe. 



Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. continuous or, band. 



Loc. N. of the S. Alps only in a v. restricted part of the Rhone 

 Valley {v. infra) ; c. S. of the Alps in 2 broods, iv. v. and vi. m. vii. 

 e.fi., Locarno, iv. b. /99, v. ab., and vii. (CJip.) ; v. : Lugano, iv. 16 

 /02 ; Val Anzasca, vi., Brusio, vii. e. (Fis.), Ac. 



St. Michel-de-Maurienne, vii. e., just out (Tiitt) ; Chiavenna, vii. b. 

 1900 (R.-Brn.); just above Crevola, vi. 26/96 {PusUim); Orta, v. m. 

 1900 {Loin^ ; Lake Como, viii. /96 {Miss Ftn.) Pre St. Didier, 

 viii. b. /98 {Tntt) : Gorge de St. Andre, Nice, vi. 9/91 {linn.) ; 

 Certosa di Pesio, vii. -viii. /92, c. {NorrU) ; Botzen, vi. e., worn ; vii. 

 14/02, presumably 1st and 2nd broods (Loire) ; Modling, vii. b. 1900 

 (Laufi) ; Isonzothal, vi. m. /92, c. on I\Ionte Matajur {Narris). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : from 24mm. -34mm. [Specimens 

 of 1st brood from S. side of Alps much the smallest.] 



(b.) increase of bl. up.s., culminating in : 

 Yar. Ornata, Sti/r. ,- wh. has a good deal of bl. on disc, f.w., and a 

 border of bl. -ringed eye-spots, up.s., most conspicuous on h.w. 

 Loc. S. Alpine Valleys, in 1st brood. 



(c.) diminution of bl. on w. bases, culmi- 

 nating in : 

 var. (and ab.) Nigra, (fcrhanl .• in wh. the bl. has almost, often 

 quite, disappeared. 

 2 much larger and rather browner than ^ . 



Loc The usual Valaisian form, though the type is occasionally 

 found. Only between Vernayaz and the Ganter, and mostly con- 

 fined to the neighbourhood of Martigny : Branson, at ft. of vine- 

 yards, V. 14, 1900, fresh ; v. 15/02, rather worn (1I7(.) ; Fully, v. 22 

 /Ol, between 8.30 a.m. and 9.80 a.m., v. ab. ; S. of Plan Cerisier, vi. 

 b. /02, 1st brood (Fis.) ; Vernayaz, vi. 26/01, 1 only, worn (Bhu.) ; 

 Bovernier, Sion, Granges, Sierre, entrance to Visp valley, and 

 between the 2nd Refuge and Ganter Bridge on the Simplon (Far.) ; 

 Fusio, vii., 12/1900 (Chp.) ; as ab. San Stefano {."\fai/<'r) ; S. side of 

 the Simplon [Rdtzcr). 



Torre Pellice, viii. b. /Ol ; Bobbie, viii., m. /Ol (Tutt). 



