80 THK BUTTEKI'XIE!^ OF SWIT/EKLAND 



Directions of Yar. [By far the most variable of the tribe ; all the 

 var;^. are larger than the type.] 



(a.) gradual predominance of yell, over red- 

 prp. un.s., culminating in : 



var. Isis, ///'. (Altaica, (initmu) ; wh. has also up.s. dusted with 

 blackish. 



Log. Not scarce on the bushy slopes of the higher Valaisian 

 Alps, ('.<!.. the Forclaz, Val Ferret, Val d'Anniviers, Eiffel, 

 Schwarzsee, Simplon, kc. {h'ar.) ; Campfer [J(mr^), dx. 



Le Lautaret (Tiitt) ; Alpes Maritimes [linn.), kc. 



ab. 2 Napaea, }ll>.: an ab. of 7.s/.s- $ , having up.s. shot with a dull 

 purplish tint. 



Loc. With Isis, f.;/., at head of Val d'Anniviers, viii. 1/97 

 {li.-llni.); Simplon, 6th Eefuge ; Val de Bagnes (jf'Vs.) ; Davos, 

 viii. 1, 1900 {Slojirr) ; Pcmtresma, vii. /84 (Lvin.), &c. 



Mont de la Saxe, viii. b. /91 ; Lauzon Valley, viii. m. /94; ; 

 Cogne, viii. m. /94 ; Falzarego Pass, viii. b, /95 {Tntt) ; Mendel, 

 vii, /95 (Linn.), kc. 



[Obs. — "A V. fine almost blk. ■? , vii. 28, 11)00, Brennei' " (Jl.-ISrn.), is 

 probably to be rel'en-ed to tbis ab., or the next.] 



ab. ? Cinctata, l-'ar. : a further ab. of Isis, less shot with prp. but 

 with a broad band of united blk. spots across f. and h.w. up.s., 

 narrowed nr. centre f.w. by an or. streak wh. runs into it ; 

 outside wh. is a row of large blk. spots, failing only at costa of 

 each w. 



Loc. This magnificent form is so far only known from Barmaz, 

 Dent du Midi, vii'. 81/02 {Fis.) 



(b.) un.s. f.w. with conspicuous blk. spots 

 (wanting in type). 



var. Arsilache, l-^sp. (Inducta, Sjiatiiibern) ; wh. has also rounder 

 ws. than type. 



Loc. At lower elevations than type, cf/., Tramelan, on the Jura 

 {(iiirdat) ; the Vaitdois Alps {Laharpe) ; Biinschen, ab, {it<i.) 

 moors at Einsiedeln, c. {I 'cud); between Eggiswyl and Rothenbach, 

 at about 2200ft. (M.-D.) ; round little lakes below Campfer and St. 

 Moritz {■Iniu's), kc. 



Tribe Melit.eidi : hyb. 1. 



Genus, MelitaBa, r<ihr. 



This genus, some of the sp. of wh. are not easy to distinguish, 

 divides itself naturally into 8 groups. In the 1st the colouring and 

 markings of up.s., exc. suffusion at base, are reproduced in a more or 

 less washed-out form on un.s. The nervures and transverse lines are 

 blk., the interstices being filled, in the form of bands, with or.-red 

 and yell. 



