5)4 THE KrTTKKFJJES OF SWI XZIORLAN]) 



(c.) col. of the })rp. in eye-spots esp. h.w., 



varying from heliotrope to bl. 

 (d.) occasional appearance of a bl. spot below 

 eye-spot, h.w. up.s. 

 ab. Cyanosticta, Rainidr .- spot varies greatly in size. 



Genus, Aglais, lib. 



A. Urticae, />. ; 4cSmiii. Fd. ])lt. nettle. 



Dist. Char, nn.s. f.w^ grd. col. of large portion, starting from 

 e\t. half of inn. vnarg., of a buff tone, only slightly marked 

 with brn. 



Loc. One of the commonest as well as most widely distributed 

 of butterflies throughout the region: found in numbers up to 7500ft. 

 and occasionally much higher : 2 or 3 broods, vi., viii., and some- 

 times \. ; but the insect may be seen on warm days throughout the 

 year. 



Directions of Yar, (a.) tint of grd. col. up.s. ; more or less or. 



in the red. 

 (b.) distinctness of cl. band un.s. h.w. 

 (c.) traces of blk. cI. band up.s. f.w.. culmi- 

 nating in : 

 var. (& ab.) Polaris, >V///-. .• in wh. blk. spot of inn. marg. is 

 joined to middle costal spot. 



(d.) obsolescence of the 2 cl. hJk. s[)ot9 

 up.s. f.w. 

 var. (& ab.) Turcica, s/<// . .■ in wliich they are absent, as is 



iilsd the inn. nini'gl. spot : i^id. col. deeper. 

 var. (& ab.) Ichnusa, Hom-I/I .- ^i-d. col. still deeper, cl. spots 



;il)sent, inn. iii;u-<.':l. spot sdii/rtiuns nhsent aJso. 

 ab. Ichnusoi'des, '<rl;is l.ainir/nnn/,^ : cl. spots absent, costal blk. 



spots ciuiHuent ; lui.s. ibii-kcr. 

 ab. Atrebatensis, Z^'//-. .- like ihc last, but with h.w. up.s. entirely 



suffused with blk. 



Genus, Eugonia, Hl>. 



Prevailing col. or.-lwn. with blk. S))ots. and bl. spots in border. 



E. Polychloros, /.. .■ (Ulinm. hW. pit. elm and sallow. 



2 larger than J . 



Dist. Char, absence of ir/i. spot nr. apex on costa f.w. up.s. ; In/.s 

 dk. brn. 



Loc. V. widely distributed, but seldom ab., and somewhai 

 uncertain iii appearing ; vii.-viii., and, after hybernation, all through 

 the spring ; in plains and lower valleys. 



