84 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



Rhone Valley and lateral valleys, <>.//., Hierre, vi. 2i [llktii.), &c. ; 

 Yisp, vi. 80/02 {SJwldoii) ; Berisal, v. c, esp. from 2nd Refuge to 

 Ganter Bridge, vii. /98, &c. (IT//.); c. in the Grisons, c.//., Hilser 

 See, vii. 1/95 (Miss l-'tn.); Pontresina, vii. m. 1900; nr. Guarda, 

 vii. e. /Ol {C/i/i.}, etc. ; Locarno, iv. m. /03 {Tiitt) ; Lugano (Hi/.). 



Gresy-sur-Aix, vii. e. /97 ; Bourg St. Maurice, vii. e. /94 ; Petit 

 St. Bernard, vii. e. /94; La Grave, viii. m. /96; Larche, vii. e. 

 1900 ; Abries, viii. m. 1900, ab. (Ttitt) ; Digne, vi. /90, vii. 91 {Lwu.) ; 

 St. Martin ^'c'subie, &c. (Unn.) ; Pre St. Didier, viii. b. 98 ; Cour- 

 mayeur, viii. m. /98 ; Torre Pellice, viii. 2/01, v. ab. ; Susa, just 

 appearing, viii. 19/97 (Tiitt) ; Olgiate, v. /93, and viii. /95, here 

 apparently double-brooded {Miss ]''tn.) ; Val Malenco, vii. 7,1900; 

 Campiglio, vii. 95 [fjiiin.) ; Mendel Pass, vii. e. /95 [Tntt) ; kc. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size, tendency to become noticeably 



smaller, culminating in : 



ab. Minor, Frey : 38mm. and less. 



(b.) a V. marked lightening of the pale bands 

 giving a much more variegated appear- 

 ance, known as : 



yar. Occitanica, Stijr. 



Loc. The warmer parts, esp. \'aren, and the S. side of the 

 Simplon, where specimens are much finer than those of Granada : 

 also nr. the Ganter Bridge {Far.) ; Pfynwald, vi. 24 ; St. Nicholas, 

 vii. 20/98 {JJkiii.). 



(c.) a marked lightening of the darker 

 portions, and obsolescence of blk. 

 up.s., esp. at bases f. and h.w. and 

 centre of f.w., some of the blk. being 

 replaced by brownish. 

 ab. (in S.E. Europe var.) ^theria, ErcrsDimui. 



Loc. Martigny, vi. 19,02 (H'A.) ; Bad Alveneu, vii. /84 {L)iru.). 



(d.) number and size of blk. spots un.s. f.w., 



esp. the last, wh. is sometimes a thick 



sq., sometimes consists of 2 curved 



lines placed horizontally back to back. 



M. Cinxia, /.. (Delia, Ihili. : Pilosella, Esp.) ; 3 oGmm. 



$ 40mm. Fd. pit. I'lantUijo lancivlata, &c. 

 5 decidedly larger than 3' . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. grd. col. unicolorous or.-brn.; h.w. up. and un.s. 

 with ante-margl. row of small blk. spots. 



Loc. V. gen. distributed and often c. in the lowlands and lower 

 mtn. slopes, up to about 3500ft., occasionally much higher, v. -vii. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : gen. becoming smaller at higher 



elevations. 

 [Obs. — Mr. Lowe mentions one on Mt. Crammont nr. the snow, vii. 7/02, so 

 small that it was taken, before capture, for Parthcnie var. Varia.\ 



(b.) increase or decrease of blk. markings. 



