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var. Pyrrhula, /'Vc// .- 82ium. : with spots and eyes obsolescent. 



Log. Only in the highest haunts of the sp., <■.//., on the Albula 

 Pass, high above the tree limit, vii.-viii. often c. (/''/v//) ; Gurga- 

 letsch, above Parpan {Caflisc/i). [A transitional form not quite so 

 small and with better marked spots and eyes is found at somewhat 

 lower elevations, c.'/., Davos (Frn/) ; Milnnlichen, W. of top.vii. 2i, 

 1900; Dent du Midi, viii. G/02 ;' Mythen, viii. 25/02, rather worn 

 (/'Y.S.).] 



(b.) spots of un.s. becoming lighter in 3 ■ 

 ab. Bubastis, Meimier (Pyrrha Maccabfeus, /•>*-.) ; in wh. they 

 arc whitish ; $ with chequered fringe. 

 Log. The Schinberg in Aargau {ll.-S.) ; Gadmen {Zll.-Dnldci) ; 

 Pilatus (Wschl.) ; Engelberg {ChrU) ; Loeche-les-Bains {Meissncr) ; 

 Glacier de Trient (ir.srAL). 



(c.) tendency of spots, esp. un.s. h.w., to 

 diminish in size and number, culmi- 

 nating in : 

 ab. Csecilla, ///*. ; in wh. they have almost disappeared on up.s., 

 and only show traces of the largest on un.s. h.w. (enough, 

 however, to distinguish from (Enie ab. Lit(iens). 

 Log. Miirren, vii. 24, &c., 1900 {Wh.); Sefinenthal; Mann- 

 lichen ; Dent du Midi {hu.) ; Engelberg (Christ) ; on the Joch Pass 

 (ZIL-Lhlder) ; Gadmen {RiiUer) ; Guarda, vii. 1900 (C7(/).). 

 Brenner Pass, vii. 27, 1900 {li-Urn.). 



E. Ceto, HI). ; 40mm. Fd. pit. Poa (iiuiaa, &q. 



? macular band lighter and more conspicuous than in <? . 

 Dist. Char, ante-margl. band of brt. brn. spots, alniond -shaped ^ 

 with blk. centres, f. and h.w., up. and un.s. (c. Mcdnm). 

 Log. Local, and in Switz. chiefly in the Yalais and the Grisons ; 

 possibly, however, it may be overlooked, as its flight is confined to 

 the 1st fortnight or 3 weeks of July. Outside the 2 Cantons named, 

 I find : Dent de Corjeon, Fribourg {Kcuw) ; les Ormonts, Vaud 

 (M.-D.) ; Fusio, Tessin, vii. b. /99 {rhp.) ; Kandersteg, Berne, vii. 

 ■J/97 {i'ostans) ; in many Iocs, in the Yalais, and when found gen. 

 ab.; Mt. Ravoire ; Arpilles ; from Martigny Combe to the Forclaz ; 

 Bovine ; Fully ; Sembrancher ; Grand St. Bernard ; nr. Levron on 

 the Alpe du Lens ; Evolena ; Inden ; Loeche-les-bains, &c. (Far.) ; 

 Turtmannthal, vi. 20, St. Nicholas and Zermatt, vi. 29/99 (ninn.); 

 the Rifiel, vii. /Ol {Linn.); Ganterthal, vii. b. /Ol, v. ab. {Wh.); 

 Zinal, viii. b. /98, v. worn {ll.-lhn.), &c. ; in the Grisons, the 

 Schafberg, vii. /88 {Liini.); Promontogno, vi. /95 {Mhs Ftn.); 

 above Yicosoprano, and at Samaden {Meni/elbir) ; Ardetz and 

 Tarasp {Killia.s) ; Fusio, vii. 1-12/99 {Chj>.). 



The Brevent,'viii. 18/02 ; Le Lautaret, vii. e. /96 {Tntt) ; Seyne ; 

 Alios {Puirell) ; Ozglosse, Malmorte, &c. {Kane); St. Martin Vesubie 

 {Poirell); Certosa di Pesio, v. c. {Xorris) ; Susa, vi. 24/99, v. fine 

 (n.-Brn.); Courmayeur, vii. b. 02 (Loire); Chiesa,vii. 9, 1900, worn 

 (li.-Brn.) ; Macugnaga, vii. /96 (Miss Ftn.) ; Trafoi, vii. 14, 1900, 



