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Dist. Char. up.s. grd. col. brt. or.-brn. 



Log. Gen. distributed, and c, but scarcely to be seen above 4500ft. ; 

 on walls, rocks, road-sides, Ac; iv. e-vi., and vii.-x. ; I'.fi.. nv. Digne, 

 X. 18/02, V. fresh {Ii,-Ilnt.) ; perhaps a 8rd brood. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) subsidiary eye-spots up.s. f.w. 



(i.) often a small one above the large one, and nearer apex : 

 (ii.) rarely another small one below and outside ; sometimes 



attached to the large one : 

 (iii.) an indication of a spot in the next interneural space, cul- 

 minating in : 



ab. Alberti, Hedlich ; in which it is well developed and wh.- 

 pupilled. 



Log. In the warmer Iocs, with type, but gen. scarce in Switz. 

 Martigny, v. e. /Ol {Slopcr); vi. m. /OB (IF/t.) ; above Branson; 

 Saillon {Fav.) ; Sierre, v. m. /03 {Sloper) ; Charpigny, v. 15/01, &c., 

 and transitional forms (i'V.s.) ; a fairly well-marked form c. in $ , 

 scarce in 3 , Aigle, and elsewhere in Rhone Valley, v. m. to vi. m. 

 /03 (Wh.). 



By no means scarce in S.-W. corner of the region, ej/., iv. 15, 18, 

 21, &e., <? and $ (Sloper). 



(b.) darkening of up.s. 

 ab. Mediolugens, Fur/is ,- a scarce ab., with cl. area of f.w. blk. 

 ab. (in W. Asia, var.) Transcaspica, St(jr. ; in wh. the base, inn. 

 marg. and v. broad out. margl. border f.w., and almost the 

 whole h.w. are dk. brn. 

 Log. Losone, nr. Locarno, iv. 25/02, a magnificent ^ (Fis.). 



(c.) lighter and greyer grd. col. un.s., cul- 

 minating in : 

 ab. (in S.-E, Europe, var.) Lyssa, Bs(iv.; [a transitional form 

 closely approximating is not scarce in the hotter parts of the 

 Rhone valley in the 2nd brood, esp. at Salquenen and Varen 

 (M.-D.).] 



(d.) number of eye-spots up.s. h.w.; nor- 

 mally 4, exceptionally 3-7. 



*P. Egeria, L. (Meone, Esp.); 40mm. "Fd. pit. 



Tritiriiiii rcpcii.^, Pun pratensis, &c. 

 2 rather lighter and with larger spots than <? . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. dk. grd. col. with fulvous or ochreous spots. 



Log. Distributed throughout the region in one or other form, 

 and c, in woods and copses, but not gen. above 3000ft. The type, 

 deep brn. grd. col. and brt. fulvous markings, is only found in the 

 S. of the region, Basses Alpes, Alpes Maritimes, and on the S. 

 slopes of the more central Alps ; Val di Vedro (Fav.), &c. 



[Obs. — This is one of the earHest and latest of the butterflies that do not 

 hyberuate as imago. It has ;'. or even 4 broods, and emerges in the S. as 

 early as iii. b. (e.fi., iii. 4/02, Sloper), and sometimes as late as xi. (Talt).'] 



