AND THE ALPS OK CKNTRAT, KfROPK. 47 



L. Roboris, Hsp. (Rvippns, ///>.) ; 8Bmm. Fd. ])lt. 



oak. 

 g' with prp. i-eflcctions over i^reater part of f.w. and half h.w.. 

 ? only alont^' inn. luarg. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. Border of metallic-lilac-edfied peacock eyes on hrn.- 

 gr. un.s. 



Loc. Digne, vi. e. and vii. b. 5)9, v. local and not c. {Miss l-'(n.)\ 

 at Villard it reaches more than 8000ft.; Annot ; Entrevaux, vi. 

 80/01 {Poii-ell) ; St. Martin Vesubie on high road to Nice, 2 miles 

 from village in oak copse ott' road {Brm.) ; vii. /Ol, v. ab., <? s until 

 vii. m., after which ? s became more ab. {Laiuj). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) number of prp. spots up.s. h.w. (<? 2 or 

 3, ? up to 6). 



Genus, Zephyrus, l><tlin. 



Z. Quercus, L. : 84mm. Fd. pit. oak (and ash) ; 



hyb. ov. 

 S with prp. reflections over all ws., J with deep metallic bl. 

 on base and inn. marg. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. Pale gr. un.s. Avith whitish line 'and 1 or. eye-spot h.w. 



Loc. Distributed over the region wherever the oak is found, and 

 not rising higher than its fd. pit. grows ; vii. to viii. m. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : occasionally as small as 29mm. 



(b.) a yell, spot at end of disc, cell up.s. f.w., 

 constituting : 

 ab. Bella, (Tcr/Kinl : a V. rare ab. 



(c.) depth of markings un.s. 



Z. Betulae, /.. ; 8()mni. Fd. pit. sloe and plum ; hyb. ov. 



3 without, ? with brt. or. band up.s. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. tun wh. lines, the inn. extending only half 



across the w. 

 Loc. Spread over the whole region in the lowlands, rarely 

 mounting to any considerable height, but c. at Tarasp, 4000ft. 

 {Killias), and on Monte Generoso, uOOOft. {J<')nh'r), viii.-ix. 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) g occasionally with 1 large and 2 small 



yell, patches up.s. f.w., known as : 

 ab. Spinosae, (hr/un-d. 



Obs.— A V. nue form in which the patches are wh. is named : 



ab. Pallida, Tiut. \ 



(b.) 2 with yell, band, &c., instead of or. 



ab. 2 Fisonii, 'I /'• : specimens of wh. have been taken at 



Charpigny (/-Vs.). 



