102 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZEKI-AN I) 



Fam. SATYRIDiE. 

 Sub.-Fam. SATYRIN^. 

 Tribe Parargidi. 

 Genus, Pararge, llh. : liyh. 1. 



Dist. Char. up.s. h.w., a sn-irs- of eye-spots following out. inarg. 



P. Moera, L. (Adiasta. Ihiji.: Hvgtei, MabiUf): 48mm. 



I'M. |)ll. I '"(I (ininiK. (ilijiurlii ilnitmis. Hoidtinn uniriiiitiii. 

 ? li,L'liU'i- and hfigliU'i- tliJiii J . 

 Dist. Char. nn.s. h.w. ^i-d. col. //. Krownish-gr. 



Loc. (it'll, (listrihiited and usixidly ab. on walls, rocks. Sec, 



thi'ouglioiit ihe region, though apparently wanting in certain flatter 



parts of N. Switz.. './/.. Zurich (Frcj/) ; 2 broods in the plains, v. e. 



vi., and vii.-ix. Imt in the S. appearing iv. ; in the mtns. 1 brood, 



vi. e — viii. 



Directions of Var. (a.) si/e : a v. diminutive form about tlie size 

 of rithninis ,^ at the top of the Htelvio, vii. 13, 1900; a rather 

 larger, l)ut still v. small form at Cortina, vii. 20, 1900 (11.- I'>nt.). 

 (i).) diminutioji of fulvous up.s. : 



ab. Obscura, Tntt: rather below average size; narrow fulvous 

 ring round apical eye-spot and v. slight traces of 2 fulvous 

 patches below, attendant apical eye- spots v. small, f.w. ; narrow 

 fulvous marg. to eye-spots h.w. 



Log. Aix-les-Bains, v. b. 97 C'/^i.). 



ab. Monotonia, sdiild,': m wh. it has almost, or entirely, 

 disajipeared {? J only). 



(c.) increase of fulvous up.s., culminating in : 



ab. (& var.) Adrasta, ///'. (Miera, /'.'.s//.) ; in wh. it is well- 

 developed in J . ;Mi(l sn If uses most of f.w. in ? . 

 , Obs. — This is a foiiii of the "ind lirood and is foiuid with type in iranii 



places (not gen. in " cold and elevated localities "" as stated by Lung, though in 



the Alpes Maritimes it is taken at St. Martin Vesubie, and Boreon (Powell). 



Digne, vi. e., and vii. nil were of this \ar. \MUx Ft)).). Every intermediate 



form may be found.] 



(d.) number of eye-spots up.s. h.w. (2-4, with 



traces of a 5th). 

 (e.) eye-spot up.s. f.w. 

 (i.) a large apical eye-spot with one wh. pupil, with indications 



of a small eye-spot al)ove. 

 (ii.) a 2nd wh. pupil to large eye, with or without a small one 



abo\e, conspicuous or ill-delined. 

 (iii.) this 2iid wh. pupil hecouiuig almost detached, with the blk. 

 round it. fi-oiu the large oiu' : and (iv.) : 



ab. Triops, /'/"/'> ; a huge apical eye with 2 pupils, a well defined 

 small one above, and another large single-pupilled eye in the 

 interiiGural space below, as in Mcijnra ab. Albert L 



