AND THE AT,PS OV CKNTRAIi KUROPR. ()1 



Dist. Char. gi-n. or greenish on un.s. h.w., not onhj alomj tlir 

 ncrrures. 



P. Callidice, /•^7^ ; 43mm. Fd. pit. alpine ('nirifira-. 



cT with V. little blk. at apex f.w., ? with wh. -spotted blk. 

 border f. and h.w. up.s. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. cl. row of arrow-headed primrose spots. 



Loc. V. widely distributed iibove 6000ft., and occasionally 

 lower, <'.;/., Eggen, on the Siinplon, .52/)Oft., and, most curiously, for 

 several consecutive years on the dyke bordering the Rhone nr. 

 Branson bridge (Fai:). 6500ft. -HOOOft. is the range of its greatest 

 abundance. It Hies strongly and rapidly, often over dangerous 

 ground. All the heights between Martigny and the Simplon (Far.) ; 

 e.(f., Arolla, up to viii. 28/96 {H.-llm.) ; Steinenalp above Berisal, 

 viii. m. /98, nearly over ; vii. e. ;99, and vii. 11/01 ; also above the 

 5th Refuge, vii. 9/01, v. fresh [Wh.) ; Riflfel alp, vii. /Ol {Lmn.) ; 

 Gornergrat, viii. b. '01 (SZo/x'/-), Sec. Pilatus (Kim-ht) ; ab. on the 

 heights of Glarns ; the l^ernese Oberland ; from the Gemmi to the 

 Rhone Glacier (Kane); Oberalp, viii. e. /95 (Chp.) ; c. in the 

 Engadine, e.r/., Pontresina, vii. /95 {Miss h'f.n.) ; Hchafberg, vii. 

 24 01, Sec. (kis.): Fusio, vii. 1-12/99; ab. on the Albula Pass, 

 and at the Bernina Hospice, vii. 1900 (('hp.); Bad Alveneu, vii.-viii. 

 m (Linn.) ; Jura, :\rt. Suchet, 523oft. (Kane). 



Chamonix (Kane) ; The Brevent, viii. m. /02 ; Le Lautaret, 

 viii. b. /96; above Abries, viii. m. 1900 (Tiitt) ; Alios, Larche, vii.- 

 viii. (Poirell) ; Mt. Balme de la Frema, St. Martin Vesubie, Madone 

 des Fenetres, &c. (linn.) ; Certosa di Pesio, c. on Monte Faschia 

 and the highest green alps, vii. /92 {Narris); Brenner Pass, summit 

 of Postalp, c. (.Joncx) ; Stelvio, from Franzenhohe to summit, vii. 

 12/01, ab. (R.-llni.) ; Falzarego Pass, viii. m. /95 {Tutt) ; Mendel, 

 Campiglio, vii. /95 ; Heiligenblut, vii. 25/97 (Lnin.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size, esp. in ? . [My largest specimen, 

 from the Schafberg, is 48mm., my smallest, from the Steinen- 

 alp, 37mm.] 



(b.) darkness of markings up. and. un.s. in ? . 

 [Obs. — Specimens from E. Switz. are sen. finer and better marked than those 

 from the Valais.] 



P. Daplidice, L. : 48mm. Fd. pit. ( 'nicit'cnr, Uescdacrfc, 



etc. 



<? with slight, ? with broad wh. -spotted blk. border up.s. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. with much grn. ; a move or less circular 

 wh. spot in middle of basal grn. patch. 



Log. Not gen. distributed in Switz. and rarely ab. From the 

 lake of Geneva to Martigny, but never in any numbers (Jones) ; on 

 the railway banks at Sierre, vii.-viii. /97, c. ; a few nr. Berisal, viii. 

 /97 ; Follaterre, ix. 8/02; ab. nr. Stalden, vi. m. /92 (117/.); 

 Simplon. vii. e. /99 (Tutt) ; rather ab. on Chippis road nr. Sierre, 

 vii. 29/98 ; Loeche-les-bains, viii. 27/94 ; Lugano, iv. 2/96, fine 

 (R.-Brn.) ; in sandy and uncultivate(l places, meadows, vineyards, 



