00 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



Loc. Gen. at high elevations : Evolena, Val d'Anniviers, Kalt- 

 berg, the Eiffel, Belalp, Rossbodenthal, Sec. (Fav.) ; Berisal, viii. 

 1/97 {li.-Bni.) ; c. in the Engadine, up to 7500ft. or more {Frcij) ; 

 Bernina Haus, vii. 18/01, c. {Fis) ; Heathal, vii. 1900 ((%.), &c'. 



Trafoi, scarce {Freij) ; Mt. Crammont, vii. 7/02 (Lonr) ; Crete de 

 Reychasse {Tiitf) ; at high elevations in the Alpes Maritimes (F>nn.). 



(b.) amount of blk. up.s. 

 [Obs. — Mr. Fison has one entirely suffused with blk. exc. border.] 



(c.) amount of variegation up.s. in 5 . 

 (d.) depth of colouring un.s. 



M. Athalia, Jiott. (Maturna, Hl>.) ; 8()inm. Fd. pit. 



Mdaiiijij/riDii pratcnsc, }f, tnjlvaticion, (Jentaurt>a, Vlantaiju, itc. 

 5 gen. larger, and with lighter un.s. than 3 . 



Dist. Char. cl. and and ante-margi. band up.s. f.w. more or less 

 heavily divided by blk. ; up.s. h.w. with cl. band often suffused, 

 almost always interrupted in centre with blk. (r. Parthenie) 

 and with or.-brn. spot nr. base ; un.s. h.w. inn. dk. band gen. 

 broader at costa than in Parthenw, Aardia, or Dirti/una : 

 further distinguished from Partliouc and Aiirelia by the palpi 

 wh. are dk. brn. above. 



Loc. Throughout the whole region, vi. -vii. -viii., rising as high 

 as 6500 metres or more ; not, in my experience, so c. in tlie Rhone 

 Valley as Partlteu'w. I Hi Id observes that the specimens emerging 

 vi. are smaller, and those emerging viii. larger, than the average. 

 He also remarks that the brighter the colouring the rounder the 

 outline of the w. ; that the specimens from the mtns. of Lower 

 Austria have v. small blk. spots un.s. h.w. ; and that those from 

 moorlands are gen. darker than the average. Occasionally, in very 

 hot years, a few small specimens, a pai'tial 2nd brood, appear i\. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size : the mtn. specimens are gen. small 



but brt. {i;>i/d). 

 (b.) increase of blk. 



ab. Navarina, sdi/i^-Lduiichauips : with blk. suffusion over all avs., 

 leaving ante-margl. row of or.-brn. spots. 



ab. Aphaea, Hh. .• with 2 bands of or. spots up.s., the margl. 



lunules and cl. spot un.s. h.w. filled with blk. and a row of 



large blk. spots un.s. f.w. 

 [Obs. — In Mr. Fison's collection is a specimen approaching this ab. with inn. 

 edge of ante-margl. band suffused with blk., whole centre of w. It. yell, with 

 band of large suffused blk. spots.] 



ab. Caucasica, Nf//r. .• f.w. normal, h.w. much suffused with blk. 



(c.) decrease of blk. 



ab. Corythalia, Ub. (Samonica, Riesen) ; all blk. markings absent 

 from centre of f.w. up.s.; h.w. much suffused with blk., leaving 

 a single row of or. spots. 



