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C. Palaeno, /.. (Philomene, lib. : Lai)ponicM, Sttjr. ; 



Werdandi //.-N.) ; 37mm. Fd. pit. I'arciniiini idi()i)wsiiiii. 

 S brt. datibdil yell., ? nearly wh. 

 Dist. Char. Extreme smallness of disc, spot, outlined in blk. i.w., 

 pale yell. h.w. 



Obs.— Great confusion exists in the nomenclature and the descriptions of 

 the vars. of this sp., and thou^'h 1 have endeavoured to clear it up, I am by no 

 means certain of the justice of my conclusions. First then, in some authors 

 Kitri>}>omein\ Ochs., is treated as being the same name (though applied to an 

 opposite form of var.), as Niiropome, Kap. ; then the suKilhr form of the Swiss 

 Alps gen. has a uarnurer, not a bruddcr, border than the type, and gen. 

 resembles the description of Caflisclii, Canidja, exc. in what 1 take to be tlie 

 special distinction of the latter, viz., the absence of the discoidal spot up. s. f.\y. ; 

 then again, the majority of the Swiss specimens appear to be identical with 

 those of N. Europe, as stated by Frey and Ftivre, though contradicted by 

 Staudhiger, whilst the large N. German form, Ivtiropomc, E^p., is not found with 

 us. I am inclined to suppose that we must disregard the narrowei- border (so 

 far as named forms are concerned) and include these specimens for the 

 present in the type, as they are not at all yellower than others, and so can 

 hardly come under the form Schildei, St(jr.\ 



Loc. Confined to high elevations, from 3()00ft. to nearly 8000ft., 

 but more usually from 5000ft. to 7000ft. I'lrii, however, remarks 

 that single specimens are occasionally taken in the lowlands ; 

 (possibly these may be bred) ; vii.-viii. On most of the heights 

 from Martigny and the Gemmi to the Stelvio, and on through the 

 Tyrol, ^(.0. ; <'.//., Arpilles, Bovine, Catogne, and Grand St. Bernard, 

 nr. Martigny; at the top of the Val d'Anniviers ; Zermatt ; the 

 (iornergrat; Saas ; Fiesch ; Morel; Aletsch Glacier, Sec. (Fav.) ; 

 Arolla, vii. 11, 1900, worn ; towards Evolena, vii. 17, 1900 ; Eggis- 

 horn, vii. 10 98 ; Belalp, vii., 4, /99 {Jikm.) ; Steinenthal ; W. end 

 of Steinenalp, vii. 11/01, fresh ; vii. e. /99, worn ; top of Simplon 

 Pass, beyond the Hospice, viii. m. /98, worn ; vii. m. 99, fresh 

 (Wh.); Furka, Andermatt side, viii. 1/94 {I!.- Urn.); Engelberg 

 {C/iiist) ; Oberalp, viii. e. /95 ; Davos Platz, viii, 2, 1900; Guarda, 

 vii. 22-81, 1900; Pontresina, vii. 1-21, 1900 {('lip.); Upper Enga- 

 dine {Mi^s Ftit.), f.;/., Morteratsch Glacier, c. vii. {Xichohi»i) ; St. 

 Moritz and Weissenstein {J-'rc)/) ; Dischmathal, vii. 12, 1900 (Slnpcr) ; 

 Campfer, ab. {J<inrs) ; above Coire (f'/v//) ; Hasli-Scheideck {Kane); 

 moors above Einsiedeln {I'aid) ; Biinschen at about 8000ft. (//,'/.) ; 

 on the Jura at Tramelan {(jrKrdat). 



Chamonix (/•'«(•.) ; the Montanvers, viii. m. 02 {'rutt)^; nr. Pontar- 

 lier (Kane) ; Le Lautaret, vii. 80- viii. 5/9G, line but scarce {'I'lUt) ; 

 Abries viii. m. 1900; Larche, vii., scarce {I'oii-eU); Lac de la 

 Madeleine (Kane) ; Alpes Maritimes (/>/•///.) ; c.;/., St. Martin 

 Vesubie, vii. {Powell) ; Mont de la Saxe, vii. e. 94 ; above Pre St. 

 Didier, viii. m. /98 {Tiitt) ; Brenner, vii. e. 1900, fresh {H.-Uni.) ; 

 Sulden, vii. 1900 {Lmn.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) breadth of border in S . 

 Yar. (& ab.) o Europomene, <hli.'<. : with broader border, of 

 smaller size, wn.H. darker. 



