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M. Cynthia, Ifh. (Trivia, /vs/'.) ; S 8H111111., ? 42mm. 



Fd. pit. L'lantaijii, Vhla, kc. ; 1. sometimes byb. twice. 

 3 with yell, replaced by wh. up.s., ? with yell, and red 

 closely approximating, up.s. 

 Dist. Char. up.s. h.w. ante-margl. red band spotted blk., having 

 its inn. edge, as well as the nervures, much suffused with blk. 

 Loc. Not on the Jura, but otherwise gen. distributed, often c, 

 and sometimes extremely ab. at v. high elevations throughout the 

 region, esp. on rocky slopes ; rarely, if ever, below 5500ft., and 

 gen. between the tree-limit and the snow-line: vii.-viii. 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) lightening of the yell. up.s. in ? (above 

 the Simplon sometimes tending towards the wh. of the 3 , as 

 in Idtoia ; at other places, c//., Saas-im-Grund (F/.s.), tending 

 towards Anrinia). 



(b.) clearness and whiteness of margl. row of 

 spots in 3 , sometimes reddish, and 

 sometimes obsolescent on f. or h.w., 

 or both, 

 (c.) un.s. h.w. absence of the row of blk, 

 dots in ante-margl. band. 



-M. Maturna, L. (Cynthia, Esp.; Mysia, Hh.); 40mm. 



Fd. pit. Scabinsa Incida, Flantaf/t), &c. 

 2 considerably larger and somewhat more brightly marked 

 than 3 . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. h.w. red ante-marg. band unspotted (un.s. more 

 distinctly marked than Ci/nthia and Aurinia.) 

 Log. V. local, but not scarce in its few haunts in this region. 

 The type is not found m Switz. or the S.W. of the region, and 

 perhaps even those of the Tyrol are hardly typical. Pejo, vii. /Do 

 {Lwn.) ; Arapezzo {Far.) ; Salzburg, vi. e. {Lamj). 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) loss of brilliancy of red and yell., lead- 

 ing to : 

 Yar. Wolfensbergeri, Freij : the form found in Switz. and the 

 S.W. 

 Loc. Vald'AnniviersfromNiouc to Vissoyc,vi.-vii. {Mmnct, Far., 

 &c.) ; Zinal {de Huuijeuinnt) ; Saas, vii. m. /85 {Stamlm) ; Dischma- 

 thal, vi. 27, and vii. 2/01, ab. ; S. side of Bernina Pass, vii. 9/01 

 (Fis.); Val Rosegg, at about GGOOft. (M.-D.); Maloja, vii. /8o 

 {Liiin.) ; Sils Maria (/''/v/y) ; Lagalp, below Languard (Sara^) ; Lower 

 Mi SOX {Killias). 



Fenestrella (Kaitr) ; St. Martin Vcsubie (Far.) ; Mts. of Modane, 

 Savoie (Kane). 



[Obs. — Among the specimens taken by Mr. Fison in the Engadine in I'lOl, is 

 a most remarkable S , in wh. the middle left leg is replaced by a tiny wing, 

 having the appearance of the inn. marg. of a h.w. with the fringe, al)out 8mm. 

 in length and 2mm. in breadth. It is quite detached from the noruial wing, 



