AND THE ALPS OF CENTKAL EUKOPE. Ill 



Dist. Char, band whitish ; un.s. h.w. 2 dk. blotches nv. base. 



Log. Tn Switz., chietly on the Jura, e.f/., nr. Basle {Christ) ; the 

 Dechburg (B.-S.) ; Bienne {M.-D.) ; Bozingen {Ik'nU'li) ; St. 

 Cergues, viii. /29 (/>7.) ; v. scarce in the Valais ; Mt. Ravoire, vii. 

 m. /02 [Wschl.) ; Naters (Fav.) ; c. round Geneva, c.//., Veyrier, viii. 

 8 (m.); YaXBvegaglvA (Mnuidbir). 



C. in Savoie, <■.;/., Annocy (^'Vs.) ; Gresy-sur-Aix, viii. e. /94 ; vii. 

 25/90, just appearing, viii. 19, 1900, e. {Tiitt) ; Monnetier, viii. 10, 

 V. large ; Bossey, viii. 3 ; le Coin, viii. 16 ; Mornex, viii. 24 and 31 

 (Bl.) ; Barcelonette, viii. b. 1900, small (Tittt) ; c. at Digne in dry 

 stony places, esp. towards the Dourbes, vii. 19-29/91 {Xicholson) ; vii. 

 11-lG 89 (Mrn. Xic/ioU) ; &c. ; almost everywhere on dry rocky grd. 

 in the Alpes Maritimes, vii. viii. (Boiirll); Spondinig, vii. 17/02 

 (I!.- Bin.) ; Modhng, viii. /97 {Miss Ftn.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) increase of size, culminating in : 

 ab. Major, obth. .• with broader It. band, esp. h.w. 

 (b.) col. of band up.s. 

 ab. Pirata, Ksp. .- with smoky reddish-yell. band. 

 Loc. The French Alps. 



H. Semele, L. ; 50min. 



2 larger, and with far more conspicuous and lighter markings 

 up.s. f.w. than J • 

 Dist. Char, up.s., band ochreous (often indistinct in ^ , esp. f.w.); 

 un.s. h.w. dk. cl. line much waved and angulated (often form- 

 ing a profile). 



Log. Basle ; Aarberg ; Burgdorf {Frcji) ; St. Ciall, scarce 

 {Tiisr/iler); Hiitten ; Goldan {ZIL- Bolder); Zurich {Brci/); Veyrier, 

 &c., vii., c. {BL) ; c. on the Jura, also in the cantons of Vaud, the 

 Valais and the Grisons, exc. in the upper Engadine and the upper 

 part of the Yal Bregaglia ; Chiasso, vi. e.-vii. b. {Mai/er) ; Guarda, 

 vii. e. 1900 {Cfip.) ; found up to GOOOft., vi. e.-ix., according to 

 latitude and elevation. 



Gen. distributed through the rest of the region, «'.//., Gresy-sur- 

 Aix, viii. m. 1900; St. Michel-de-Maurienne, vii. e. /97 ; Petit St. 

 Bernard, vii. e. /94 ; La Grave, viii. m. /95 ; Abries, &c., viii. m. 

 1900, 3 s V. dk. ; La Thuile, viii. b. 98 ; Pre St. Didier, viii. b. /98 ; 

 Bobbie, viii. m. /Ol ; Susa, viii. m. /96, un.s. h.w., j with wh. 

 band, $ covered with gr. marbling (7'»?f) ; Digne, vi. /90 ; vii. /91 

 {Linn.) ; Alpes Maritimes {Bnii.) ; Cadenabbia, vii. ;84 {Lmn.) ; 

 the Tyrol, c.ij. Mendel, vii. /95 {Lmn.), Campiglio, vii. m. /95 



{( 'lip.), SiC. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) col. of band. 



ab. S Suffusa, Tutt; in wh, the band is scarcely visible f.w., and 



consists of 4 or. spots h.w. 

 var. Aristaeus, Jionelli (Semele, Hb.); with large reddish-or. band, 



of large size. 

 Loc. The more usual form of the S. ; not uncommon as ab. in 



