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our first specimen until we had got fully three miles beyond Losilla. 

 Here, on stony, hilly gx'ound, E. eiyistygnc was not uncommon, and 

 in two visits we obtained all we wished for. Afterwards we found 

 odd examples amongst the hills in many directions round the town, 

 and on one occasion I netted a male flying in a sainfoin field in the 

 Valdevecar. The form, which is quite distinct in many respects from 

 the French race, I have figured (Plate xii., figs. 6 and 7), and propose 

 the varietal name of var. viriatJms, n. var., for it. It differs from 

 its French congeners in size, the average wing expanse being about 

 46 mm., as against 54 mm., which is the average wing expanse of my 

 Provence specimens; also in the narrower dark anal border to 

 superiors — in some cases, as in fig. 7, this border is hardly 

 perceptible — and the lighter anal tip to superiors ; the ocelli on all 

 wings are more prominent, and the under sides are more grey, not so 

 brown. 



Hipparchia semele. — Males of this species were first found on 

 June 17th. 



Pararge maera var. adrasta. — A fine and extreme form of this was 

 not uncommon in May. 



P. megaera. — Generally common. 



Epineiihele lycaon. — Mr. Jones captured a few males during the 

 last days of his stay. There is a very fine form of the female, of 

 which I have specimens, both from Albarracin and La Granja, and 

 which is in other collections from Spain. This I have figured (Plate 

 xii., fig. 4), and propose to name ab. hoopis, n. ab. In this form, as 

 will be seen, the ocelli on the superiors are much enlarged by black 

 shading, especially the one nearest the anal angle. 



E. pasiphae. — Common everywhere from June 8th, on which date 

 the first specimens were seen. 



Gixnomjmpha dorus. — A few males were met with towards the end 

 of June ; later on the species swarms ; they do not differ materially 

 from Basses Alpes specimens. 



C. ipihioides. — This Spanish species was common at Losilla from 

 June 11th onward. The specimens are not so large, nor are the 

 ocelli so prominent as in my La Granja examples. 



C. paviphilus. — Frequent, but not common ; a small, weak form. 



Carcharodus alceae. — Apparently not common ; I only saw one 

 example. 



C. altheae. — A single specimen taken by Mr. Jones, superficially 

 identical with Swiss examples of this species, Mr. Eayward finds 

 is actually it. 



C. baeticus. — Not common, but one picked up odd specimens 

 everywliere. A good proportion of these w^ere netted as they were 

 flying at the blossoms of Marrubium. 



G. lavaterae. — Not infrequent by the roadside at Santa Croche 

 from June 5tli. The form is a small one, my largest example 

 expanding only 34 mm. ; the ground colour of the superiors is rather 

 browner than in Swiss specimens. 



Pyrgus proto was just coming out at the end of June ; later on it is 

 abundant. 



P. sao. — Abundant generally. A form with very red under sides 

 to the inferiors. 



