AND TIIK Vl.l'S OK CKNTK \l, I'.T l;( il'K. ill 



ab. Obsoleta, Tutt .- wilh conspicuously decreased l)lk. iuii,rl\iiiL!;s f. 



:iiid li.w. 

 ab. Hertha, 'JurHsrl : witli lont^; Mk. streaks un.s. f.w. but lessblk. 



up.s. t'.w. 

 ab. Yirgata, f'ntl : witti el. ot. l);nid f. and li.w. lenii^tlicnod into 



sM'caks. 

 var. Helvetica. Iliilil : with ci. or. liand lentil kmuhI out on h.w. 



only (as in /'arf/n'iiic) ; un.s. h.w. with ohloiii;-. hlk. -boi-dered 



yell, spot nr. i-oot, and ck band sihcry-wh. in ,/ ;is well as $ . 

 Log. l>ei-<i;iin and Stalla [linhh. 



(d.) t^reater \ ;ii-ie<i;it ion of 9 up.s. 

 ab. Leucippe, '^clmiiiliT : in wh. the oul. and :}rd row of spots are 



much lii>'hter. 



[Obs. — Specimens from Coire are dk.. sciiuc from Le I'rese dniker still, ap- 

 proiichiiifx Dirti/inut in eol. {Fis.).] 



M. Dictynna, l-^sp. (Coiytbiilia, ////.) ; :>7uiin. Fd. pit. 



I i'r(i)iir<t. Mi'/diii/ii/niiii. Siiirad. lalcndiKi. I'lantaiin laufcolata, 

 kc. 

 ? with more and lighter markings than 3 . 

 Dist. Char. v. large proportion of blk. on up.s. esp. h.w.. looking 

 as if it were the grd. col., also dk. ante-margl. band un.s. h.w. 

 interrupted nr. costa on out. side, and containing v. dk. spot.s 

 on the unintei'rupted portion. 



Loc. Gen. distributed in Switz. in the plains and at lower 

 elevations, and mounting to ()000ft. or more, v. e. and vi. 

 Remarkably fine specimens on the left bank of the ilhone at 

 Uouveret. Gen. distributed, also, in the rest of the region, but 

 apparently not extending to the Basses Alpes or Alpes Maritimes. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size: my smallest (?, from Vald'Anniviers, 



is 32mm.; my largest ? .from Bouveret, 

 40mm. 



(b.) amount and depth of or.-brn. up.s., esp. 

 in 5> . 



(c.) depth of colouring un.s., esp. h.w. 



Tribe V.\nessidi ; hyb. im. (exc. Ijcvana). 



Genus, Arachnia (false Araschnia), lib. 



A. Levana, L. : 8()inni. Fd. pit. nettle ; hyb. p. 



9 larger than J" , with rather lighter grd. col. 

 Dist. Char. Conspicuous It. veining un.s. with transverse lin(>s on 

 basal half, giving a cobweb appearance (hence the name). 



[Obs. — The sensonal dimorphism in this sp. is so marked and extniordiiiarv 

 that nothing is left in conunon but the character above mentioned and the 

 vliv'htlv alluded shai)e of the \v. In the 1st lirood, iv.'\\. the j^i'd. col. up.s. is or. 



