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/95 by Mr. Lemaim and Dr. Chapman, the latter of whom afterwards 

 wrote {Knto)iiolo(jut, xxxiv., 17) that these specimens had been proved 

 by Calberla to be Glacialis.] 



(b.) disappearance of apical eyes in ? , with 

 increase of mahogany suflusion in both 

 sexes. 

 var. Glacialis, E^p. (Alecto, Frr.) ; wb. has the suffusion broad 

 but inconspicuous. 



Loc. The more usual form in Switz., and the W. and S.-W. 

 alps; occurring also in the E. Alps; ('.(/., Heiligenblut, vii. 25/97 

 (L»///.). 



(c.) tendency of all markings to disappear, 

 culminating in : 



ab. 3 Pluto, /'-sy. (Alecto, Jjsdr. : Duponcheli, ('/yf/(.) ; almost blk. 

 up. and un.s. 



Loc. More c. in the W. than in the E. of the region ; Brienzer 

 Eothhorn, vii. 16/92 ; Anthemoz on the Dent du Midi, vii. 29/02 

 (i'V.s.) ; Gornergrat, viii. 10/01 [Sloju'r) ; &c. 



On the Dourbes, Digne, vii. 11-16/89 (3/y.s. Xirli»ll) ; nr. Certosa 

 di Pesio, on Monte Faschia, 7000ft. to 8000ft., and at Gias del 

 Ortiga [Norris) ; &c. 



E. Manto, Esp. (Pyrrlia, Fahr.) ; 40mm. Fd. pit. 



grasses {P\u\). 

 S with mahogany or dull fulvous, $ with ochreous-yell. spots 

 un.s. h.w. 

 Dist. Char. ? , col. of spots un.s. h.w., J 2 small unpupilled 

 apical eye-spots up.s. f.w. in connection with more or less 

 oblong blotches un.s. h.w., the largest being nr. costa ; differs 

 from I'hartc by having blk. spots on the red-brn. patches up.s. 

 f.w., and from (/ctti var. ohsviira by absence of wh. pupils in 

 these spots. 



Loc. Gen. distributed over the Bernese, Vaudois and Valaisian 

 Alps, though gen. in small numbers in the latter canton ; e.ij., 

 Weissenburg, v. ab. (////.); Miirren, vii. 24-viii. 12, 1900 (TTX) ; 

 Diablerets, c. and v. fine, viii. /85 (Jones) ; Tour d'Ai, viii. 7/97 

 {Timalcij) ; Caux, vii. /Ol (Lvm.) ; Val d'Anniviers, Ponchette to 

 Chandolin ; Loeche-les-bains ; Riffelalp ; Simplon, &c. (/''or.) ; 

 Engelberg, on wooded slopes (Christ); Pilatus (['aiil) ; Alps of 

 Appenzell (Tiischler), and 8t. Gall (Hisoirhifi) ; Oberalp, viii. 26/95 

 (rA^y.) ; scarce in the Grisons ; Engadine, in the valley, and Alp 

 Tschitta above Bergiin (Zll.). 



Brenner on the top of the pass, and on Postalp, vii. 27, 1900, 

 V. c. (li.-Brn.) ; Innsbruck, viii. 1/97 (Lnin.) ; St. Anton, viii. 4/97 

 (Chp.) ; reported from the Basses Alpes by MiUierc and Jknncl. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tendency to diminish in size, culmi- 

 nating in : 



