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V. 30/08 (H7(.); Vouvry, Loeche-les-bains, Zermatt and Bt'risal 

 (h'ar.)\ less scarce in the Grisons, t'.;/., Dischnmthal, vi. 27; 

 vii. 2/01 ; S. side of Bernina Pass, vii. 9/01 (Fis.) ; nr. St. Moritz, 

 bat not c. {yirlioUnn) ; Sagno, v. 27 ; San Stephano, vi. 10 {Mai/er) ; 

 Locarno, iv. m. /03, e. {Tntt) ; Monte Salvatore, vi. b. (Jones). 



Digne, vi. /90 ; vii. /91 {Lwn.) ; Torre Pellice, viii. b. /Ol {Tntt) ; 

 woods nr. Trafoi, vii. m. 1900 (/V.- Ilm.) ; Sondrio, viii. /96(.V/.sn Ftu.); 

 Campiglio, \ii. m. '95 C'lip.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : sometimes 2nd brood is v. small, 



constituting : 



ab. Selenia, Fry, 



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

 examples are lighter, but with darker 

 red " {Firi/). 

 (c.) silvery spots un.s. h.w. lengthened into 

 streaks. 

 ab. Rinaldus, Ilh^t. .- reported from Bouverer [Fav.). 

 (d.) darkening of grd. col. up.s. 

 ab. Thalia, fib. .• darker than type, but without cl. blk. spots ; also 



reported from Bouveret (Far.). 

 [(? ■■'■) ab. Intermedia, Spamiherfj .- blackish brn., with margl. row 



of fulvous spots. 

 (?^'=) ab. Marphisa, Spannhern : almost unicolorous blackish. 



These being N. abs. can only be expected in the highest altitudes 

 reached by the sp.] 



*B. Aphirape, HI). ; 87mm. Fd. pit. bistort and marsh 

 violet. 

 5 with dull suffusion extending over half w., but not 

 obliterating the markings. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. hnml margl. row of It. yell, angulated 

 spots, followed by a row of small spots as in Inn, Daplnw, Sec, 

 gen. silver-centred, but without prp. 

 Log. V. local ; in marshy places ; mtns. of Carinthia ; marshy 

 mtn. meadows of S. P'rance (h'anc). 



Directions of Var. (a.) amount of silver on un.s. ; sometimes 

 none at all, the maximum being silver m cl. and margl. bands, 

 as well as the row of small eye- spots h.w., and in the centres 

 of the small spots nr. apex f.w. 



' B. Hecate, Hsp. : -iOmm. Fd. i)lt. (and 1.) unknown. 

 $ larger than J and with greenish -blk. wing-bases. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. 2 v. conspicuous long. It., somewhat wedge- 

 shaped spots nr. centre of out. marg., the points being towards 

 the base. [On up.s. a broad dk. marg. followed by 2 nearly 



