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ab. Obsoleta, Tutt : with no trace of eye-spots. 



(c.) number of eye-spots un.s. ; f.w. 0-3, 



h.w. 4-6. 

 (d.) arrangement of eye-spots un.s. 

 ab. Vidua, Midler : f.w. 'A, h.w. 5 (no spots up.s.). 

 ab. Octoculata, Gnw : f.w. 4, h.w. 4 (no spots up.s.). 



(e.) shape of eye-spots. 

 ab. Lanceolata, Shiiip .• in wh. they are elongated and somewhat 

 wedge-shaped. 



(f.) presence or absence of eye-spots up.s. 3 



(always present in $ ). 

 (g.) V. rarely, traces of transverse lines un.s. 

 h.w. {Tiitt). 



Genus, Coenonympha, Hh. 



Prevailing col. dk. brn. and It. or dk. tawny : hyb. 1. 



Dist. Char. un.s. h.w., a series of ante-margl. eye-spots, some- 

 times difficult to distinguish, preceded by, or enclosed in a It. 

 band, represented in many sp. only by one or two patches ; sp. 

 of small size. 



C. (Edipus, Fahr. (Geticus, Esp.; Pylarge, ///>.); 35mm. 



Fd. pit. Poa, L'arex, Iris j^fieiulacorus. 

 5 with broader metallic line un.s. h.w. and more conspicuous 

 eye-spots un.s. f.w. than J . 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. It. band, containing eye-spots, yell., broad, 

 and reaching to marg. ; up.s. dk. brn. 



Log. Said to have been found on a moor at Diibendorf, nr. 

 Ziirich, between 1820 and /30, by Bremi (? was it Hero). 



S. side of Simplon nr. Domod'Ossola (Far.); Cadenabbia on grassy 

 slopes at back of vineyards, vii. /88, fairly c. (Limi.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tint of grd. col. up.s. 



(b.) number and size of eye-spots ; v. variable. 



C. Hero, L. ; 30mm. Fd. pit. Ehjinm Kuropdus, itc. 

 $ lighter than 3 , and eye-spots up.s. more conspicuous. 



Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. It. band narrow, wh., and irregular; up.s. 



dk. brn. 

 Log. Bonfol {Kintili;/) : nr. Muhlen [Miiller] ; vi.-vii. v. scarce. 

 Directions of Yar. (a.) number of eye-spots, 

 (i.) often a 3rd up.s. f.w. in J . 

 (li.) up.s. h.w. 2-4 ; gen. 3 in <? , 4 in J . 

 (iii.) altogether absent, constituting : 

 ('? '■'■') ab. Aretioides, Fologne -. rare. 



