AND THK ALPS OF CENTRATi EUROPE. 73 



ab. S Flavescens, I'l'tt : lighter and Ijriqhter or. 



ab. $ Aurea, Vntt .- pale or.-brn. 



ab. ? Pallida, Tatt : li<,^hter still, coata and out. nuu'S. pale atraw- 



col.J 

 ab. 5 Suifusa, Tuti -. base, spots and nervures shaded with 

 fuscous ; grd. col. at costa and a row of spots at out. marg. 

 whitish ochreous. 



(c.) extent of grn. suffusion un.s. b.w., 

 sometimes nearly covering yell. band, 

 (d.) basal area of un.s. h.w. fuscous instead 

 of grn. 

 ab. Fusca, Tutt. 



[Obs.— A V. remarkable ab. was taken by Rev. A. M. Moss at Villars-sur- 

 Bex, vii. 26/02, and described and figured in the Ent. Rec, vol. xiv., No. 12, 

 p. 311 ; up.s. almost entirely blk., also un.s. f.w., the silver mostly replaced by 

 bronze placed in dk. grn. An ab. in Mr. Fison's collection has a band of large 

 blk. blotches, just contained by the branches of the nervures.J 



A. Adippe, L. ; 58mm. Fd. pit. various violets : hyb. 

 (at any rate, sometimes) ov. 

 J with nervures iv. 1 and 2, v. much thickened up.s. f.w. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. deep, golden-yell, ante-raargl. band con- 

 taining reddish-brn., silver-centred spots. 

 Log. Everywhere up to about 4000ft. in and about woods, and 

 often also on slopes and at way-sides, vii.-viii. 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) size : commonly 52mm. -G5mm. 

 (b.) tone of grd. col. up.s. 5 . 

 (c.) dk. band next to margl. silver spots 

 un.s. h.w. 

 ab. Yirgata, 'J'ntt. .• the shade of brn. varies ; one in my collection 

 is deep chocolate ; 1 at Gryon, vii. /02 (Mass). 

 (d.) diminution of silver un.s. 

 ab. Intermedia, Tutt : without silver at apex f.w. or l)order h.w. 

 var. Cleodoxa, (h-hs . without silver at all, exc. tiny centres of 

 spots in ante-margl. band. 

 Loc. The usual form S. of the Alps, r.//., Brusio, vii. 13 01 

 (i''/.s.) ; Chiasso, vi. 24, San Htefano, vii. 7 (Mui/cr). 



St. Martin Vesubie, but not c. {Jinn.); Pre St. Didier, viii. m. 9S ; 

 Torre Pellico Valley, viii. /Ol, ab. {'I'litt). 



A. Niobe, L. : 41)mm. Fd. pit. various sp. of violet. 



? grd. col. darker than J , wh. has also the 8 nervures above 

 the lowest up.s. f.w. v. slightly thickened. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. bvf ante-margl. band with v. small red- 

 brn. silver-centred spots ; has a rather ua^Jiy appearance ; is 

 gen. noticeably smaller than Adippe. 



