126 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



Loc. Styrian and Carinthian Alps {Spider) ; some specimens 

 from the Triibseealp approach this form closely. 

 Guarda, vii, 22-31, 1900 ; Fusio, vii. b. /99. 



E. Christi, Fuitzer ; 32mm.-38mm. Fd. pit. (and 1.) 



unknown. 

 2 up.s. f.w. band lighter and less broken than in <? . 

 Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. band containing eye-spots (unpupilled) 

 follows curve of w. ; un.s. h.w. cl. band inconspicuous, but 

 with out. edge always distinguishable ; differs, further, from 

 Epiphron and vars. by absence of ang. in h.w. ; from Mnctitra 

 by band of f.w. being much nearer to out. marg. ; l^y band 

 un.s. f.w. being ahvays distinguishable from cl. suffusion (wh. 

 in C/tristi does not exist on up.s.), and gen. by the ante-marg. 

 blk. spots un.s. h.w^ ; from MelcDiipas and Kriphijlc, by absence 

 of all rust col. or yell. un.s. h.w. 



Loc. Laquinthal, and thence occasionally to Simplon Hospice 

 ((Fav.) ; 1st half of July {Fav., Fis., Obth., &c.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) relative length and breadth of f.w., 



always more or less long and narrow, 

 (b.) col. of band, wh. varies from rich red- 

 brn. to rich yell.-brn. 



(c.) number of spots f.w., 2-4. 

 [Obs. — So far as I know no specimen has yet been taken without eye-spots 

 f.w., but I should expect this ab. to occur, as they are sometimes v. inconspicu- 

 ous.] 



(d.) conspicuonsness of spots h.w., esp. up.s. 



(e.) visibility of cl. band un.s. h.w. {i: supra). 

 [Obs.^In spite of criticisms to the conti'ary, there is really no doubt of this 

 being a good species. It resembles to some extent 4 others (v. supra), but, though 

 itself a variable sp., it has always characteristics wh. do not disappear, and wh. 

 render it distinguishable from any other. I have never found any great difticulty 

 in identifying specimens, and in every case my judgment has been independently 

 corroborated by Chne. Favre, who has had much experience of the sp. There is 

 nothing impossible, nor, indeed, contrary to what might naturally be expected in 

 this local genus, in the limitation, so far as is at present known, of its range ; it 

 is not so very much more restricted than Flavofasciata, Zapateri, or even Arete, 

 Hcipio, Neoridas, &c., and may very likely yet be found in other neighbouring, 

 or perhaps more distant, localities.] 



E. Mnestra, Hh. ; o5mm. Fd. pit. grasses [Fav.). 



$ with just visible ante-margl. band un.s. h.w., wh. in ^ is 

 unicolorous. 

 Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. broad red-brn. band, almost equidistant 

 throughout from out. marg.; gen. suffused on inn. edge, some- 

 times almost to base of w., and continued more or less on h.w. 

 (The squarest of the smaller Frebias.) 



Loc. La Vare, above Pont de Nant, vii. 11 (Bl.) ; mtns. round 

 Martigny, Arpilles, Bovine, Trient, Alpe-de-Fully, Pierre-a-voir ; 



