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(c.) tendency of band up.s. to break iip into 

 rings, forming- : 



ab. <? Nigra, Monshu .- the grd, col. being v. dk. 



[Obs. — Oiia suspects this to be a duplication of .Ktlii(i}»^,] 

 ab. $ Pallida, Moiislcij : the grd. col. being lighter and greyer. 



(d.) tendency to become lighter in band up.s. 

 2 , culminating in : 

 ab. ? Flavescens, J'Ktt : in wh. it is pale yellowish. 



(e.) distinctness of bands un.s. h.w. Speci- 

 mens from hot Iocs, such as Aigle 

 (TI7(.) ; Susa {'J'litt) ; Certosa di Pesio 

 (Xorrh), have the bands strikingly 

 developed in the ? but less so in the 

 ^ ; specimens from the Jura (Vallorbe), 

 though small, have the bands v. 

 strongly developed even in the S - 

 On the other hand the bands are 

 almost obsolete in specimens from the 

 highest mtn. Iocs., constituting: 

 ab. Stricta, Mondcu : wh. has also the band un.s. f.w. indistinct, 

 and the spots v. small. 

 Log. Berisal, Zermatt, Miirren, etc. (117;.). 



(f.) tint of grd. col. un.s. h.w., wh. varies 

 immensely even in the dk. bands ; 

 the normal tint of the It. bands is 

 gr., this, however, is often replaced 

 by other cols., esp. in $ . 

 ab. Leucotaenia, .s7//j-. (Neoridas, 7'V/-.) ; bands almost wh. 

 ab. Ochracea, Tutt ; bands ochreous yell.; a v. common form in ? . 

 ab. Yiolacea, HVi. .- bands various shades of heliotrope, c. in a 

 darkish shade in <? , and a pale shade in ? , e.'j., at Aigle, and 

 sometimes in the Jura in a pale shade in 3- also. 



*E. Neoridas, Bsdi\ ; 40mm. Fd. pit. Voa (iiihiki, 



I'cuucum f<an/iuinale, 

 5 lighter than <? , esp. un.s. h.w., and with larger and more 

 conspicuous eye-spots. 

 Dist. Char, curiously truncated appearance of f.w. (otherwise not 

 unlike .FAliiojis). 

 Log. Dauphine Alps — Sassenage, viii. 21/95 ; La Grave, viii. b. 

 /95 ; Bourg d'Oisans, viii. m. /95 ; Bourg d'Aru, viii. m. /95 {Tntt) ; 

 throughout the Hautes Alpes, Basses Alpes, and Alpes Maritiraes, 

 from about 2000ft., vii. e. and viii., gen. ab. {Poirell) ; Larche, viii. 

 b. 1900 ; Barcelonette, viii. b. 1900 ; Abries, viii. m. 1900 ; Pied- 

 mont— Susa, viii. 5-17/97 (Tutt). 



