132 THE BUTTERFLIES OF SWITZERLAND 



eye-spots still small, but in more conspicuous blotches than 

 Medusa var. Hippoinedusa. 



Loc. Gemmi and Laquinthal {Far.). 



Gen. the form of the E. Alps, Austria, Styria and Carinthia ; 

 i'.</., Pejo, and Mendel Pass, vii. /95 [Lvm.). 



E. Stygne, nrZ/.s. (Pirene, Hh.); 42mm. Fd. pit. grasses 



{[■•or.). 

 2 lighter, with eye-spots more conspicuous than 3 . 

 Dist. Char. un.s. f.w. more or less wedge-shaped mahogany (in $ 

 more fulvous) patch with 2 wh.-pupilled eyes. 



Loc. The whole length of the Jura, with conspicuous bands and 

 eye-spots {Frcij) ; c.//., Vallorbe, vii. 2/03 (117;.) ; Pilatus and the ft. 

 of the Mythen {Paul) ; Engelberg {Chrint); Pontde Nant, vii. {lU.) ; 

 the lower alps of cantons Berne, Unterwalden, Glarus, Appenzell, 

 St. Gall, and the Valais {Freij) ; sometimes in the plain, e.ij., 

 under the cliffs at Martigny towards Vernayaz, vi, 27/02 {Sheldon); 

 same date 1900, worn, vi. m. /03, fresh (TI7(.) ; Brunnen, vi. b. /97, 

 a few {Junes) ; later at higher elevations, ('.//., Arolla, vii. 11, 1900 

 {liliiii.) ; Saas, viii. b. /97 {U.-lJrn.) ; in the Grisons at Churwalden 

 {H(i.) ; Bergiin {Zll.) ; Splugen road above Thusis, vii. 5, 1900 

 {E'.-Bim.). 



La Flegere, viii. b. /97, a few {Jones) ; The Brevent, viii. 18/02; 

 Petit St. Bernard, viii. b. /98 ; La Gaave, viii. b. /96 ; Larche, viii. 

 b. 1900; Abries, viii. m. 1900 {Tutt); Digne, vii. /91 {Lwn.); mtns. 

 of Basses Alpes, vii., <? s v. dk. with 3 or 4 eye-spots un.s. h.w. 

 {Powell); Crissolo, viii. b. /Ol {Tutt); Via Mala, vii. 5,1900; Susa, 

 vi. 21/99, large, with large eye-spots; Bormio and Trafoi {ll.-Brn.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tendency to obsolescence of mahogany 



patches containing the eye-spots, f.w. 

 and h.w. up.s. culminating in : 



var. Yalesiaca, Klires .- in wh. they are v. slight, the eye-spots 



also, but not the pupils, being smaller. 

 Loc. Murren, vii. e. 1900 {Wh.); Dent du Midi, viii. 6/02 {Fis.); 

 Simplon {Fav.). 



An intermediate form is known as : 

 Yar. Pyrena'ica, lUihl .- with less mahogany col. than type but 



more than Valesiaea. 



Loc. The usual form in the Alpes Maritimes {Jlnu.); probably 

 the form at Zinal {U.-Urn.). 



(b.) number of eye-spots ; ? has gen. a small 

 one above the double one at apex up.s. 

 f.w. ; those on un.s. h.w. are often 

 scarcely visible. 

 ab. $ Aboculata, Fav. : without spots f.w. up. and un.s. ; h.w. 

 with 2 blk. dots in place of eye-spots. 

 Loc. Plateau de Trient, nr. le Peuty {Fav.). 



[Obs. — In Mr. Fison's collection is a specimen with the apical eye-sj)ot con 

 taining 3 wh. pupils.] 



