AND THK ALPS OK CKNTRAT, ETJROPK, 



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5 are gen. so much more conspicuous than those of the 3 , 

 that the latter gen. appears to he dk. hrn. Mith or.-brn. 

 macular band?, the former or.-brn. with v. ilk. l»ni. 

 markings.] 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. 2 bands of \vh. spots, the basal one broken 

 below the centre. 



Loc. Throughout the whole district from Digne to Wolfs- 

 berg, and from Baale to the Alpes Maritimes, but becoming scarce 

 in the latter loc, and not rising much above 8000ft., iv.-vi. 



[Obs. — It must occasionally be partially double-brooded, as Dr. Christ took 

 it at Lecco, viii. /79 ; Mr. Tntt at Grcsy-sur-Aix, vii. e. /(t7 ; and :Miss Foun- 

 taino at Olsiate, ix. /!)3. j 



Directions of Yar. (a.) extent of dk. col., esp. h.w., in S , i» 

 which it sometimes almost obliterates the tawny markings ; 

 the blk. dots nr. out. marg. sometimes unite into a band. 



(b.) suppression of margl. row of blk. dots in 

 $ , culminating in : 

 ab. Obsoleta, Tutt .- in which they are all absent f. and h.w. 



Division. PAPILIONIDA. 

 Fam. PAPILIONIDiE. 

 Tribe Papiuoxtdi. 



Genus, Papilio, /.. , liyb. }). 



Prevailing col. yell, and blk. 



Dist. Char. ;i long " tail " nr. anal. ang. h.w. 



P. Podalirius, /.. (Sinoii, l\i<ii) ; irnmn. Fd. pit. 



sloe, plum, and other fruit trees. 

 5 gen. larger than J . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. 2 black transverse streaks entirely crossing 

 cl. )X)rtion. 

 Loc. Gen. distributed over the whole region in 2 broods, v.-vi. 

 and vii.-viii. ; exceptionally both earlier and later, found up to 

 about 4000ft. At Digne, Ist brood, iv. 6/02 ; 2nd brood, vi. 4/99 ; 

 one at Col di Tenda, x. 7/02, v. worn (IL-nni.). 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) size : exceptionally from TjOnnn. to 



78ram. 

 (b.) tendency to whitening of grd. col., 

 culminating in : 

 ab. Feisthamelii, I'n/i., with ante-margl. band f.w. and margl. 

 lunules h.w. or. (but much less so in Swiss than in Spanish 

 specimens). 

 Loc Martigny, Fully, both broods (Far.) ; Sierre, viii. e. ,99 

 (H7(.) ; between Inden and Raron {M.-P.}. 



