AM) THK ALPS OF CKNTIIAL KUlUJl'K. 



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M.Galatea, /.. (Lciu-oiuclanus, Foun-fiiij) \ ITiinu. Fd. 



pll. I'lilidiiii 1 1 rate use, and uth(3r gi'asses. 

 ? iip.s. whiter, un.s. yellower than 3 • 

 Dist. Char. un.s. h.w. cl. band tilled in with dl\. col.; eye-spots 

 up.b. f.w. (piite inconspicuous. 



Log. Ab. in one or other of its forms throughout the whole 

 region in the lowlands and on the lower slopes, and mounting in 

 some places to a height of 6000ft. ; v. ui.-viii., but in N. Switz. 

 not appearing before vi. m. In many Iocs, it does not reach above 

 8500ft. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) decrease in amount of blk. up.s. 



(i.) apex f.w., sometimes allowing the blk. apical spot to show 



conspicuously, 

 (ii.) out. marg. h.w., sometimes allowing the eye-spots to show 

 distinctly. 



(b.) entire absence of eye-spots. 



ab. Galene, ' >c/is. (Stgr., Cat., 1901, gives it without loc, implying 

 •' anywhere with type." I have never come across it.) 

 (c.) increase of blk. up.s. 

 Yar. Galaxaera, /vs;*. .• wh. spots in border much decreased in size. 



Loc. A v. usual form in the hotter parts of Switz., the Rhone 

 Valley, Tessin, and the S. of the Grisons. 



Yar. Procida, Hhst.: still more blk.; the other blk. markings 

 encroaching on the wh. as well as the border. 



Loc. In Switz. only as an occasional ab., c//., Lugano, v. 25/96 

 (Fis.), but replacing the type in the Basses Alpes and Alpes Mari- 

 times; also found in the Tyrol, «'.//., Botzen, vi. e. /Ol [Lowe). 



(d.) col. of un.s. 

 ab. 2 Flava, Ixlt .• with brt. or. -yell. grd. col. 



ab. Leucomelas, /■-•v. .■ wh. grd. col., and markings only slightly 

 darker. 



(e.) blk., even of antenn;u, replaced by rich 

 tawny -brn. 

 ab. Fulvata, Loire: with grd. col. warm primrose-yell.; un.s. 

 lighter. 



Loc. Martigny, vi. 25, 1900 (Loire) ; in this specimen the It. 

 and dk. are disposed much as in I'roeiila. 



M. Lachesis, llh. ; 5'2iiim. 



Dist. Char. h.w. with single blk. line along fringe, in connection 

 with absence of blk. at bases up.s. exc. along inn. marg. f.w. 



Loc. Reported from Bex in the llaUetin de la Societe Kntomo' 

 luijiijue !Si(i>i>ie, vol. ix., no. 2. 



