AND THE ALPK 01' CENTRAL ElltOPE. 79 



Dist. Char, i-oddi.sh-prp. of li.w. with conspicuous dog-toothing 



at oui. niai'g. 



Loc. A mtn. species, but to be found aluiost e\ei'\ where within its 

 range, wh. is pnictically the tir region, through the whole alpine 

 area ; also in some Iocs, at lower elevations, c//., Lauterbrunnen, 

 about 2G00ft. In many places it is ab., esp. in meadows; vii.-viii. 

 At Susa, vi. 20 9i), the ? s were lighter, and both sexes larger than 

 in Switz. {I!.- Hill.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) un.s. h.w., prp. sometimes replaced by 



brick-red, almost the col. of h'.n^ihni- 

 sii)ic un.s. 

 (b.) tendency to increase of blk. up.s., culmi- 

 nating in : 



ab. Nigrofasciata, /•"'■. . with broad el. blk. band f.w. 



Loc. Hitherto only reported f.iom Mt. Chemin, nr. Martigny, 



vii. {l-'(ir.). 



B. Dia, /.. ; o^iiim. Fd. pit. violets. 



$ gen. slightly larger and slightly lighter than <? . 



Dist. Char, sharpness of apical ang. h.w. in connection with lan/e 

 blk. spots up.s. 



Loc. One of the most widely distributed and often one of the 

 commonest of the tribe, in the lowlands, and up to about 3000ft., 

 gen. in 2 broods, iv.-v. and vii.-ix., but in forward seasons in 3 

 broods ; c.<i., I took freshly emerged specimens in the same field at 

 Veytaux, iii., vi., and ix. /OD. Mr. Rowland-Brown took it at Digne, 

 iv. 6, fresh, and x. 16, nearly over, 02 ; Mr. Lemann having taken 

 it there, vi. /90, and vii. 1)1, wh. seems to point to 3 broods in that 

 loc. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) occasional tendency to blk. suft'usion up.s. 

 (b.) occasionally v. large spots up.s. (/'V.s.). 

 (c.) depth of prp. colouring un.s. h.w. v. 

 variable. 



B. Pales, Sriiif. .- 85mm. Fd. pit. violet ])\ preference, 



but will eat almost anything. 

 $ with larger and deeper blk. markings than S ; un.s. gen. 

 paler. 

 Dist. Char, sharpness of apical ang. h.w., in connection with xinoll 

 blk. markings, up.s. 



Loc. Type not on the Jura, but otherwise gen. distributed over 

 the heights of the region, often c. and not infrequently ab. from 

 i^jOOft. to about lOOOOtt. The type, however, seldom occurs below 

 7000ft., but is to be found on almost all the heights from the Bernese 

 Oberland to iStyria, on the E., and the Alpes Maritimes on the S., 

 vii.-viii. 



