130 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



V. ab. {R.-Urn.) ; Mendel, vii. /05 {Luin.); Campigiio, vii. m. /95 ; 



Pejo, vii. e. /95 {<-'lip.)- 



Directions of Yar. (a.) decrease in number and size of spots, 



culminating in : 

 Yar. Obscura, Tiiit^cr : in wh. they are v. small, even in ? . 



Log. Glacier de Trient ; Val de Bagnes ; Laquinthal (Fav.) ; 

 just below Simplon Village, vii. 10/01, v. ab. (irA.). 



Le Lautaret, viii. 1/96 (Tatt) ; Macugnaga [Far.). 

 ab. Caradjae, Carlisdi : in wh. the spots have almost (or quite) 

 disappeared, and wh. is also smaller. 

 Log. In the highest parts of the range of the sp. 



(b.) tendency to lighter col. of spots, culmi- 

 nating in : 

 '•'ab. Phorcys, Frr. .- in wh. they are whitish with brn. centres. 



Log. St. Martin Vesubie ; Balme de la Frema ; Madone ; 

 Berthemont, scarce (JSiin.). 



E. Medusa, Fahr. (Ligea, Esp. ; Medea, Biili.) ; 42mm. 



Fd. pit. Panicum samiuinale, &c. {Fai\). 

 Brt. rich brn.; ? rather larger, and grd. col. un.s. considerably 

 lighter than <? . 



Dist. Char, band of deep yell. -brn. spots, most of Avh. bear wh.- 

 pupilled eyes, f. and h.w., up. and un.s. Differs from J'lthiups 

 in absence of bands un.s. h.w. ; from Ceto in the spots, esp. 

 un.s. h.w., being wh.-pupilled in more or less circular rings 

 instead of being unpupilled in almond-shaped dashes. 



Log. Gen. distributed throughout Switz. in the lowlands and 

 hills, v.-vi., in the mtns., vi.-vii., but rarely in any considerable 

 numbers exc. at moderate altitudes, and much commoner in N. than 

 in 8. Switz. ; ab. however, at Caux, v. e. and vi. /97 {Wh.) ; dis- 

 tinctly scarce in the Valais, though found throughout the canton. 



Susa, vi. 24/99 {R.-Brn.) ; Lolling, vii. 9/97, worn {('hp.) ; 

 Stelzing, vii. 11/97, worn (Liiui.) ; (reported from high mtns. of 

 the Basses Alpes and Alpes Maritimes, but doubtful). 



DireGtions of Yar. (a.) decrease in number and size of eye-spots, 



culminating in : 

 Yar. Hippomedusa, <k/ix. (Subalpina, Giiiiiiiiju'iibcrii); wh. is also 

 smaller, and ni ^ has the brn. blotches v. small. 



Log. Basle and Liestal {(ytrist); the crests and high grass slopes 

 of the Jura, f.//., Weissenstein, v. c. (Ji.-7>.) ; the Bechburg, v. c. 

 (R.-S.); (lower down, c.;/., at St. Georges, specimens do not greatly 

 differ from the type (H'/(.) ; between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen ; 

 Nairs and the Gurgaletsch {Cafiinch); Tarasp (kajic) ; Fusio, vii. 

 1-12/99 {Chp.). 



The Stelvio, but net reaching to Franzenhohe (Firij) ; Stelzing 

 (^L)nn.). 



