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Directions of Yar. (a.) <? , darkening of grd. col. up.s. f.w., 



culminating in : 

 Yar. Unicolor, il'A. ; in wh, all ws. are of a uniform dk. brn. with 

 greenish Hnt ; 28mm. 



Log. The Engadine ; e.;/., Schaf berg, vii. 24/01 (/"/s.); Campfcr, 

 C. {Jones). 



(b.) absence of border (sometimes v. distinct), 



up.s. f.w. 

 (c.) breadth of band un.s. h.w. 

 (d.) reduction in size of eye-spots, un.s. h.w., 

 culminating in : 

 ab. Caeca, Wh., in wh. they are absent. 

 Loc. Les Plans, above Bex (lU.). 



*C. Dorus, Esp. (Dorion, Hh.) ; 32mm. Fd. pit. 



? up.s., esp. f.w., lighter than S ', ? also larger. 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. series of eye-spots, not including costal 

 spot, in wh. the 2nd from the top is much nearer out. marg. 

 than those on each side of it. 



Loc. The S.E. part of the region ; Digne, vi. e. /90 {Jones) ; 

 vii. /91 {Lmn.) ; Barcelonette, viii. b. 1900 {Tiitt) ; between Barce- 

 lonette and Prunieres, vi. 25/92, c. {Xorris) ; almost everywhere in 

 dry places in Basses Alpes, Alpes Maritimes, and Var, vi.-vii. ; as 

 fine in mtns. as at low elevations {Powell). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size of eye-spots. 



(b.) un.s. rather lighter in the mtns. {Poirell). 



C. Pamphilus, L. (Menalcas, Poda ; Nephele, lluj'ii.) ; 



28mm. Fd. pit. Cijnoaurus cristata, Foa. 

 $ paler and with less marked border than ^ . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. and h.w. of same shade of brt. yell. -brn., 

 un.s. It. band or patches tinged with yell. 



Loc. Distributed over the whole region and gen. ab. ; found up to 

 about 6500ft. ; 1, 2, or 3 broods according to altitude ; in lowlands 

 from iii. e. to ix., in mtns. vi.-viii. My earliest date is Veytaux, 

 iii. 27/99. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) distinctness of apical spot f.w. 

 ab. Bipupillata, (^'osmorici : in wh. it is large and (esp. un.s.) dis- 

 tinctly double-pupilled. 

 ab. Obsoleta, Tutt ,- in wh. it is absent. 



(b.) increase of distinctness of dk. border. 

 var. (& ab.) Lyllus, J^^p. .• in wh. there is a distinct dk. border f. 



and h.w. 

 [Obs. — It would seem that this is the characteristic of Esper's Lyllus, and 

 that the form gen. so called really belongs to — ] 



