\NI) I'lIK ALPS OF CKNTKXr. KT'ROPK. 



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Loc A scai'ce ali. ol' 'Znd hrooil. with typi^ in wanner Iocs.; <;.//., 

 Ai.iil.-. viii. ('. 11)00 (11//.). 



P. Hiera, r<ihr. : Almm. V(]. pit. Frsium and oth^r 



t^'rasses. 

 ? lighter and brighter than S • 

 Dist. Char. nn.s. h.w. dh: greyish-brn, (gen. with small It. patch 



on costa). 



Loc. In a few places in the lowlands; ft. of the Uetliberg 

 {h'rt'n); the Glarns Valley (///rr) ; but more usually in the lower 

 Alps and in some places up to GOOOft. The Rigi [Siidl) ; Oberhasli 

 (Kaiif); Thalalp ; Kupfernaseruns above Filzbach, vi. 19/02 (F/.s.) ; 

 Weissenburg, fairly c. between 3000ft. and HoOOft., large and It. 

 {IJlf.) ; the Jura, e.;/., St. Georges, vi. e. 102, v. large and dk., 

 getting worn (1I7(.) ; Gruyere on the right bank of the Sarine, viii. 

 30/97 (H.-lim.) ; on most of the mtns. on both sides of the Rhone 

 Valley, e.;/., Rochers de Naye, Dent de Morcles (Fis.) ; on the latter 

 at about 2500ft., V. 7/88, V. fresh {Flutchinson) ; nr. the Forclaz, 

 esp. on the road leading to the Trient glacier : Niouc, Susillon, 

 Ponchette, Chandolin, in the Val d'Anniviers ; Loeche-les-bains ; 

 Zermatt ; Gondo, itc. (Far.); Berisal, ab., small and dk., over by 

 vi. m. /99. but less worn vii. 9/01 (T17(.) ; Weissenstein in the 

 Grisons {Zll.) ; Maloya, vii. /88 (Linn.). 



In Savoie nr. Geneva, le Coin, v. 23 and 27; Monnetier, vi. 5 

 (Bl.) : Arve Valley (Bakn-) ; Gertosa di Pesio and Val Arpi, vi. and 

 viii. e. /92 (a few) (Norn's) ; Larche (Kdiw) ; Val Anzasca, vi. 7/87 

 {Joiu'.-i); Salzburg, vi. e. 1900 (Imiu/); Mendel, vii. /95 {Linn.); 

 Modling, V. /97 {Mhx h'tn.) : Isonzotlial, vi. m. /92 {Norris). 



[Obs. -Gen. 2 broods, v.b.-vi.,- aiul viii.. but sometimes only 1, t'.f/., Berisal, 

 where the 1st brood is e.. but I hiive never seen a sin^fle specimen of a 2nd 

 brood, though 1 have often hunted them in August.] 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size: 38nmi.-45mra. 



(b.) brightness of grd. col. up.s. 

 (c.) eye-spots up.s. f.w. ; same range of var. 

 as Mtnn {<i.r.}, exc. that the double wh. pupil in an entirely 

 xmbroken blk. spot is unusual, and that there is frequently 

 (<'.;/., in the .lura specimens) an indication of the extra eye 

 in the interneural space next below the large eye-spot. This 

 culminates in : 

 ab. Trinoculata, H7'. ; in wh. it is well developed. 



(d.) depth of grd. col. uu.s. h.w. (the eye- 

 spots are less conspicuous on dk, grd.). 

 (e) number of eye-spots up.s. h.w. (3-5). 



P. Megaera, /,. (Xiphia, llsdr.) ; 42iiiiii. l^^l. jjH. Hor- 



deiuii iiuirinuiii and other grasses. 

 S with, ? without dk. brn. bar up.s. f.w. slanting inwards 

 from centre of w . lowartls inn. marg. 



