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ab. ? Procopiani, llnnintzaki : an extreme form in wh. the eye- 

 spots are unpupilled. 



(b.) increase in size and number of eye-spots, 

 culminating in : 



var. Psodea, Ilh. (Eumenius, /'>/•.) ; wh. has the band lighter, and 

 nearly (often quite) continuous. 



Log. Usually an E. form ; reported from E. Switz. and also 

 (most curiously) from Pontarlier (Kane). 



Macugnaga, not scarce (Itat^cr) ; Styria (Kane). 



[Obs. — The usual range in number of eye-spots is : tf , up.s. f.w. 3-5, h.w. 

 3-4; un.s. f.w. '6-5, h.w. 3-6; ? , up.s. f.w. 4-6, h.w. 4-5; un.s. f.w. 4-5, h.w. 

 4-6.] 



E. (Erne, Hh. ; 89inm. Fcl. pit. grasses [Fav.). 



S V. dk. brn., J lighter and eye-spots more distinct. 



Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. 2 v. small, wh.-pupilled, blk. apical eye- 

 spots, in small, dk., red-brn. patches ; 3 on up.s. h.w. in rings 

 of same col. (in $ gen. 4, and often an extra one on f.w.) ; 

 differs frona Pitho in absence of bands un.s. h.w. ; from Medusa 

 in red-brn. patches being dk. and inconspicuous ; from Ceto, 

 var. Obscura, in the patches being red-hrin., and not almond- 

 shaped ; from Manto in the eye-spots un.s. being pupilled, and 

 being placed in much smaller and rather darker patches ; from 

 Sti/;ine var. Valesiaca, in the absence of the long mahogany 

 patch un.s. f.w. 



Log. Local ; above Einsiedeln ; in the upper Sihlthal (Knecht) ; 

 Bryschalp in the Weggithal {Frey) ; Triibseealp and Surenen 

 {(Jhrisit) ; Gadmenthal {lliUzer) ; Weissenburg, large and It. (//'/.) ; 

 Mt. Barry, vi. 29, 1900 ; Rossinieres, vii. 5, lS)QO\l',hw.) ; Miihle- 

 bachalp, above Engi [Freij) ; gen. distributed in the Bernese Alps ; 

 (>.>!., Gurnigel, v. ab. {'M.-lK) ; Miirren, vii.e., viii. b. 1900, c. (HV;.) ; 

 Kandersteg, and the Gemmi, not uncommon, vii. /99 {Rom) ; not 

 uncommon in the Vaudois Alps ; eji., Pont de Nant, vii. 11 [III.) ; 

 Caux, vi. m. /97 ; Glion, vi. b. /99 (TIV*.); not c. in the Valais, 

 Anzeindaz, Col de Cheville ; Laquinthal {Fav.) ; Dent du Midi, v. 

 small, viii. 6/02 {Fls.). 



Le Reculet, vi. 21 and 26 {III.) ; Cortina, vii. 1900, not c. {Junes). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tendency to disappearance of eye-spots, 



culminating in : 



Yar. Lugens, SUjr. : in wh. they have totally disappeared. 



Log. Miirren, vii. e., viii. b., 1900 (TCA.) ; Triimletenthal, vii. 

 10/01 {Fis.) ; Einsiedeln {Frey) ; Glacier de Trient {Fac). 



(b.) tendency to increase in size of red-brn. 

 blotches containing eye-spots, culmi- 

 nating in : 



Yar. Spodia, Stijr. (Psodea, Frr.) ; wh. is also of greater size; 



