AND THK ALPS OF CENTRAL EUROPE. 41 



P. Optilete, Kiiorh ; '27miH. Kd. pit. V«aiuium vliginosum, 



r. nii/rtilliis, V. o.ri/cocctis. 

 S (Ik. prp.-bl., ? brn. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. a conspicuous metallic bl. spot at anal 

 ang., bordered on inn. side by brt. or. crescent. 

 Loc. Gen. distributed on the higher Alps of Unterwalden. 

 Berne, the Valais, and the Grisons, but seldom c. Moors nr. 

 Einsiedeln, vii.-viii. {Paul) ; the high alps round Martigny, Bovine, 

 vii. 25, Grand St. Bernard, Ac. ; above the Mayens de Bion ; the 

 Gerami; the Grimsel ; the Furka, &c. (V'ac) ; Belalp, vii. 11/94. 

 one ; between Zermatt and RiftVlalp, vii. 10/99 {Rhu.) \ above 

 Zinal, at ft. of Durand Glacier, viii. b. /97 (IL-Brn.) ; Simplon 

 road, above -1th Refuge, vii. e. ; above 5th Refuge, viii. b. /98 

 (Wh.); Saas Valley, vii. /85, a few, worn {Joiws); Miirren, vii. 24, 

 1900, 1 S (Tf^/'-) ; Goschenen, vii. /96 (Tntt) ; Engelberg (Kane) ; 

 Guarda, vii. 1900 (CJip.) ; wood opposite Pontresina. rather c. : 

 Rosegg and IMorteratsch valleys, usually in peaty places {Nicholson) ; 

 Morteratsch glacier, viii. 1/01 {Fis.) ; Campfer, on banks of Inn, a 

 few ; more c. 1000ft. higher {Junes). 



Le Lautaret, vii. 30, viii. 5/96; Pre St. Didier, viii. b. /98; 

 Courmayeur, vii. e. /94 (Tutt) ; S. Tyrol, vii. /95 ; Wolfsberg, vii. 

 14/97 {Lmn.); Kor Alp, vii. 17/97 [Clip.). 



[Obs.— The usual Swiss form is smaller than type and larger than Gyparissus 

 (? var. Sibirica, Star.).] 



Directions of Yar. (a.) diminution of size, culminating in : 

 ab. (var.) Cyparissus, Hb. about 22mm. 



Loc. Occasionally with type, r.>i., top of Simplon Pass, viii. b. 

 /98 ; Miirren, viii. 11, 1900 {Wh.). 



Chamounix ; Larche, Lac de la Madeleine {Kane) : as var. onlym 

 N. latitudes. 



(b.) blk. spots un.s. occasionally replaced by 



long dashes. 

 ab. Subtus-radiata, Fa v. 



(c.) occasional traces of additional metallic 

 spots un.s. h.w. 



Genus, Rusticus, Hh. (Plebeius, Kirhij, &c.). 



[On the authority of Scudder and Grote, I have suppressed 

 Plebeius as a generic name, as not having been so used by L.] 



Dist. Char. A more or less conspicuous wh. band un.s. h.w. just 

 within the peacock ey(S. 



R. (Zephyrns, FrivahLsLi) var. Lycidas, Trupp. 33mm. 



Fd. pit. Astra(jalus e.vocarpus. 

 $ lilac-bl., ? brn. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. straUjld row of 4 nrly. equal-si/.ed blk. spots 

 across base. 

 Loc. Extremely local : Simplon Pass, just above 2nd Refuge, 



