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forms in vai'ious localities ; the Utznach and Weesen specimens are, however, 

 more or less typical, a few verging towards rhilo.ieiiu.'i ; those from Giniel are 

 much nearer to lAiidion : the Brunnen specimen is reported as Latdion, and 

 that from the Splugen as /.si-s-.] 



Sub-Fam. EREBIINiE. 



Tribe (Eneidi. 



Genus, (Eneis, //A. (Chionobas, Ihdv.). 



GE. Aello, lib. (Noma, Rh.; Glacialis, Srhnmk) ; 52mm. 

 Fd. pit. grasses ; hyb. 1. 

 ^ dk., rather washed-out brn., with tawny ante-margl. band ; 

 $ rather washed-out tawny. 

 Dist. Char. Conspicuous wh. veinin": and small transverse streaks 

 on dk, h.w. un.s. 



Loc. Gen. at high elevations, from 5500ft. to 8000ft., but occa- 

 sionally in plains, e.</., at ft. of Mt. D'Autan (Far.), &c. ; in N. 

 Switz. only reported from the Schiifler in Appenzell (Tiischlcr), and 

 Pilatus (Knecht) ; gen. distributed in the Bernese Oberland and the 

 mtns. of Vaud, the Valais, and the Grisons ; e.//., the Brienzer 

 Rothhorn and Miinnlichen (Fis.) ; Engstlen and Tannen Alps 

 {Baker) ; S. side of Rochers de Naye {Fin.) ; Glacier de Trient ; 

 Bovine ; Arpilles ; Grand St. Bernard ; Gemmi ; Grimsel ; 

 Laquinthal, &c. {Far.) ; Arolla, vii. 11, 1900 ; Turtmannthal, vi. 

 20/99 {llhiiu); Zinal, viii. 1/98, worn {R.-Brn.) ; Simplon Pass, 4th 

 Refuge, vii. m. /98, c. {Wli.) ; Steinenthal, vii. b. /02 {Sheldon) ; 

 Maloya, vi. ; Pontresina, vii. /95, worn {Miss Ftn.) ; Campfer, 

 rather c., just below tree-limit {J<j)ies), &c. 



Eastwards to the extremity of the region ; e.i/., Brenner, Postalp, 

 vii. 28, 1900, worn {B.-Brn.) ; Campiglio and Pejo, vii. /95 ; Heili- 

 genblut, vii. 25/97 {Linn.) ; also to the S.W. ; Le Reculet in the 

 Jura, vii. 24 {Bl.) ; St. Remy {Baker) ; St. Martin Vesubie, vi. e., 

 vii. b. {Foirell) ; Pepiori ; Balme de la Frema ; Madone des 

 Fenetres {Brni.). 



[Obs. — The little fiction that this sp. occm's only every two years, alter- 

 nately in the Bernese Oberland and the Valais (such a convenient arrangement 

 for collectors !) is disproved by the above dates ; it is, however, very likely thiit 

 in cold seasons and at great elevations the 1. hybernates twice.] 



Directions of Yar. (a.) depth of grd. col. and consequent dis- 

 tinctness of band, up.s. ^ . 

 (b.) number of spots : (gen. 2 f.w. and 1 

 h.w., but sometimes only 1 f.w., and 

 often 2 h.w. ; frequently on up.s. h.w. 

 traces of 2 more). 



Genus, Erebia, I)<iliii. 



Prevailing col. dk. (gen. v, dk.) brn., usually with red-brn. or 

 or. -brn. bands or spots, gen. containing pupilled or unpupilled 

 eye-spots. 



