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Directions of Yar. (a) tint of nn.s. h.w. both in j and j . 



(b.) " inealiness " of texture up.s. f.w. con- 

 stituting : 



' var. Farinosa, s'^//. 



Loc. Lac (le ^ladone (I Inn.). 



G. Cleopatra, />. ; (Unmi. Fd. ])lt. JIIkiiiiuiis ajpiim .- liyb. 



iu].. 

 S grd. col. brt. yell., ? greenish wh. 



Dist. Char. J brt. or. suffusion extending over greater part of f.w. 

 up.s. ; 5 Distinguished from li/tanini 2 by greater size, and 

 slight or. blotch at root of w. ('? var. of L'iiainni.) 



Loc. Monte Bre (Mine. Siiffrrt-Mirfi) ; below Iselle, and has been 

 found at Axenstein (Kct)ie). ii.-iv. and vi.-viii. 



Digne, vi. /90 ; vii. /91 (Ijiui.) ; iv. r,;02 ; vi. 9/99, 1st and 2nd 

 broods respectively ; St. Andre, x. 16/02 (1!.-Jlr)i.); Alpes Mari- 

 times, c, occurs even above Venanson (Jinn.) ; Certosa di Pesio, 

 vii. /92 (Xorris). 



Fam. NYMPHALID^E. 

 Sub.-Fam. NYMPH ALIN.E. 



Tribe Ar(,vnnidi : hyb. 1". 



Prevailing col. Tawny or. with blk. spots. 



Genus, Dryas, ////. 



Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. silvery bars. 



D. Paphia, L. : (ioDim. Fd. pit. I' laid rduiiia, Unhns 



ItldUs^ &C. 



2 darker than 3 ; 3 shows a conspicuous thickening of 4 

 lowest nervures f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. f.w. grd. col. or. (r. ramloia). 



Loc. Everywhere in lower valleys, gen. c, often ab., but seldom 

 reachmg much above 8500ft. ; vii.-ix. b. (Wears well. I took an 

 excellent 3 above Montreux, ix. 4/02). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) col. of metallic glow un.s. h.w., ranging 



from pink to prp. 

 (b.) depth of grn. grd. col. un.s. h.w. 

 (c.) depth of grd. col. up.s. $ , culminating in : 

 ab. 2 Yalesina, /".."-y. . wh. has grd. col. yellowish brn. much 

 suffused with blk., giving dk. appearance. 



Loc. Sporadic : v. uncommon in N. of region, less scarce in H., 

 esp. S. valleys of Grisons {h'n'n) ; Tessin {A(i.) ; not v. scarce some 

 years in the Rhone Valley; e.ij., Aigle in '97 ("A.) : Salvan (/•V.s.) ; 



