118 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



on bushy slopes ; neighbourhood of Martigny ; Sion ; Loeche ; 

 Visp ; Brig, &c. {Far.); in the Grisons, Malans {Ain.stein) ; Misox 

 (Wrednw) ; Val Bregaglia {Bazur/her) ; Pontresina, vii. /84 (Lmn.) ; 

 Locarno, vi. m. /87 (Joncx). 



The Dole (Baker) ; Bossey, vii. 25, c. (lU.) ; Gresy-sur-Aix, vii. 

 25/96 ; Bourg d'Aru, viii. m. /96 {rntt) ; Digne, vi. /90, vii. /91 

 {L))in.); St. Martin Vesubie ; Castellane ; Thorenc, vi.-vii. (PofiWZ); 

 Susa, vi. 18/02 [Loire) ; Pre St. Didier, viii. b. /98 ; Courmayeur, 

 vii. b. /91 ; Bobbie, viii. b. /Ol, over {Tiitt); Chiavenna, vii. 6, 1900 ; 

 Cortina, vii., 1900 {IL-lUii.) ; Botzen, vi. e. /Ol [Lowe); Mendel 

 Pass, viii. 1/95 [Tutt), &c. 



[Obs. — There must be a partia' "ind brood in the S. as it is noted from tlie 

 Col di Tenda, x. 7/02 [R.-Bn,.].-] 



Directions of Yar. (a.) narrowing of wh. band un.s. h.w. 



Yar. Insubrica, liatzcr .- gen. rather larger than type, with broad 



dk. border, and 2 or 3 eye-spots showing on up.s. h.w. ; costal 



spot un.s. h.w. placed as in type. 



Log. Laquinthal [L\u\) ; Brusio, vii. 12, 18/01 (Fis.) ; Crevola 

 [Ilxtzn-) ; Bisbinno, vii. 12/92 [Mai/er). 



Yar. Darwiniana, Sti/r. : smaller than type ; wh. band un.s. h.w. 

 of more uniform breadth, more or less enclosing costal spot ; 

 V. variable. 



Log. V. c. and gen. distributed over the high Alpes from 

 Chamonix to Cortina [IL-Brn.) ; in swarms on the Simplon, vii. 

 11/01, &c. [Wh.) ; in some places as low as 2000ft., ejf., Glion, vi. 

 b. /99, &c. (TTV,.). 



ab. Philea, Lrr. : smaller and approximating more closely to 

 Satyriun, esp. eye-spots un.s. h.w. 



Log. Often with Danriuiana at high elevations ; also with 

 Satijrion, e.;/., Pont de Nant, vii. 4 and 20 (BL). 



(b.) darkening of grd. col. up.s. f.w., cul- 

 minating in : 

 ab. ObsGUra, TliiJd : in wh. it is entirely suffused with dk. brn. 

 Log. Zermatt ; Mayenwand [Far.). 



(c.) disappearance of apical spot un.s. f.w. 

 ab. Obsoleta, Tntt. 



Log. Orta, esp. Sacro Monte, vi. b. 1900 [Loire) ; &c. 



C. Satyrion, Esp. (Philea, Hh.) ? var. of Anuoiin, or 



perhaps of Ijihis] ; 30mm. Fd. pit. grasses. 

 $ up.s., esp. f.w., lighter than <? . 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. conspicuous regular wh. band cnntainiiu/ 

 series of small eye-spots. 



Log. V. widely spread over the Alps, commonest from 6000ft. 

 to 7000ft., but found higher, and sometimes as low as 2400ft., e.i/., 

 Gimel, vi. 27/03, c. (TfV;.) ; vii. -viii. Throughout Switz. ; the 

 Tyrol ; Piedmont ; Savoie ; and at Godessart, Basses Alpes. 



