124 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



2 with larger spot than <? . 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. bi-oad ante-margl. band yell, with blk. 

 spots. 

 [Obs. — This sp., the smallest Krchia, closely resembles some forms of 

 Epiphron on up.s., but without ang. in h.w.] 



Log. Val Maggia, " grassy slopes above Fusio, in close asso- 

 ciation with the outcrop of a wh. rock of dolomitic composition," 

 vii. 1-12/99 {Clq,.) ; Alpe Pianascio, vii. 12-13/99 {Midh'r) ; Bern- 

 hardin Pass, vi. /96, 1 ^ {Maa;/) ; 2 places nr. Pontresina, viz., 

 Schafberg, above 1st restaurant, vii. 24/01 ; and Tscherva Glacier, 

 behind restaurant, 1 ^ , \u. 10/01 (Fis.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) un.s. h.w., breadth, regularity and depth 



of col. of yell. band. 

 [Obs. — The Tscherva Glacier specimen has a slightly broken band, with v. 

 irregular inn. edge.] 



(b.) number of spots f.w. up. and un.s. (nor- 

 mally 5). 



[Obs. — I have a specimen from the Alpe Pianascio with 4 on up.s. and 6 on 

 un.s.] 



*E. Arete, Fair.; 3'imiii. Fd. pit. ? Aim ccuspitosa (not 



successfully reared). 

 c? with dk., $ with yell.-gr. h.w. un.s. 

 Dist. Char, ante-margl. row of tiny wh. spots un.s. h.w., just 

 visible on up.s. 



Loc. Styrian and Carinthian Alps, e.;/., Stelzing, vii. 11/97, v. 

 local, on Sau Alp, but not on Kor Alp {Lvm.) ; Salzburg, vii.-viii. 

 {Spider). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) increase in size of wh. spots, esp. in 5 , 



culminating in : 

 ^' ab. ? Albofasciata, llofncr : in wh, they are confluent. 



E. Eriphyle, Frr. (Tristis, H.-S.) ; 83mm. Fd. pit. 



grasses (J-'ar.). 

 5 with eye-spots, esp. up.s. f.w. more marked than in ^ . 

 Dist. Char, reddish-brn. (in J yell.-brn.) markings up. and un.s., 

 f. and h.w. ; but the 2nd ftpot from casta Ji.ir., csji. un.s., iiotice- 

 ahlji nearest the base. Differs also from Melavijnis in absence of 

 blk. dots in the spots of h.w., and from F/iarte in having gen. 

 blk. dots in the 2nd and 8rd red brn. patches in S" f-w., and in 

 more in 5 . 



Loc. V. local, and gen. scarce, occurring in Central and E. 

 Switz., in the Styrian and Carinthian Alps, and again in S. Pied- 

 mont ; vi. e. to viii. The Niesen {■Jiiijui) \ Kandersteg and the 

 Gemmi, small and dk. (Ilothenbaeh) ; ft. of the Furka, to right of 

 Rhone Glacier ; Maycnwand ; Grimsel ; Alpes de Lens [Far.) ; 

 Triibseealp, vii. m. /Ol {Loire) ; Devil's P)ridge {Freij) ; from the 



