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THE BT'TTERKLIKS OF SWITZERLAND 



Log. Mt. Buet (HUt^er). 



[Ohs.-^I have a ? from Miirren with a Bid spot up.s. f.w.] 



(d.) distinctness of markings un.s. h.w. 

 [Obs. — Var. DromH.-< ? often has un.s. h.w. almost nnicolorous It. ri., only 

 dmted with yell.-brn.] 



E. Lappona, Ksp. (Manto, Fahr.) ; 41miii. Fd. pit. 



grasses (Far.). 

 2 rather smaller than ^ , and It. band up.s. f.w. more con- 

 spicuous. 



Dist. Char. up.s. f.w. i blk. dots on inconspicuous lighter band ; 

 grd. col. un.s. h.w. gr. 



Log. Like Ti/ndartts absent from the .Jura, but otherwise dis- 

 tributed over all the higher alps, though not gen. nearly so ab. as 

 Ti/iulants : it is reported from all parts of the region from the Alpes 

 jNlaritimes, vi. e. and vii. {Powell) ; and Certosa di Pesio, vii. 

 {Xarris) ; to Stelzing vii. 11, and Heiligenblut, vii. 25 {Jjiin.); vi. 

 to viii., according to altitude, >'.;/., Kochers de Naye, vi. 8, 1900; 

 Simplon Pass, vii. m. /98 ; above Wasen, viii. b. /98 (TT'A.). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) tendencyofdk. transverse lines un.s. h.w. 



to obsolescence, culminating in ; 

 ab. Pollux, K.y). : which is without them. 



Log. Roehers de Naye, vi. 3, 1900, the usual form (Wh.) ; 

 Rossinieres, summit of Mt. Cray, vii. 6, 1900 (Bkni.) ; Anthemoz, 

 Dent du Midi, vii. 29/02 (Fis.), &c. 



Basses Alpes and Alpes Maritimes {I'mrell) ; S. Tyrol, vii. /95 

 (Linn.). 



[Obs. — On the other hand the=e dk. transverse lines sometimes include a 

 darker band. In Mr. Fison's collection in a female wh. he took on the Grimsel, 

 with V. dk. cl. band un.s. h.w.] 



(b.) tendency to lose in addition the darker 



transverse lines up.s. f.w., culminating 



in : 



ab. Sthennyo, (IrasJin .• wh. has only the blk. dots in chestnut 



rings. 



(c.) Loss of the blk. dots, v. frequent on un.s. 

 h.w., and culminating in : 

 ab. Caeca, F^ir. .- in wh. they are absent f. and h.w., up. and 

 un.s. 



Loc. Corno de Sorrebois {^\'s(■/ll.) ; v. scarce. 



Sub-Fam. MELANARGIIN/E. 



Genus, Melanargia, Miifim (Arge, iioiihu jminrciijiaiiDit, 

 III.). 



Prevailing col. l)lk. and wh. marbling; hyb. . 



