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EREBTA. Bv G. Eiffinger. 



yellow. Hindwing beneath with the basal half dark brown, the distal area being lighter and bearing 

 3 white pupils. In South Tjrol, Seiser Alp. — nerine flies in various dispersed localities, from the end 

 of June to August in shady places of the forest region up to more than 5000 ft. 



melas. E. melas Hhst. (— maurus Esp.) (37 a). In shape and size like sl//(/iic, bearing a close resemblance 



to the alpine form of the same; the ground-colour however is much darker, being nearly black. On the 

 forewing there are towards the apex two white-centred black ocelli , which contrast with the ground-colour 

 and are sometimes confluent; a third smaller ocellus is situated towards the hindmargin. The hindwing 

 has distally 3—4 wliite-centred ocelli, which are sometimes as large as those on the forewing. The russet 

 band is indicated by a pale sheen only in the ?. The underside of the cf agrees fairly well with the 

 upper, the hindwing being somewhat darker than the forewing and bearing sometimes traces of a distally 

 slightlv dentate middle band. In the ? the underside is variable, the brown band of the forewing is some- 

 times distinctly developed or is indicated by a lighter tint , being sometimes altogether absent. The hind- 

 wing is brown-grey with blackish atoms; there being before the distal margin a lighter ])and which is 

 exteriorly undulate and bears 3—4 small white-centred ocelli. In Carinthia, Istria, the Balcan countries, 

 astur. Soutli Russia and Greece. — In the foi-m astur Ohertli. (37 a) the upjierside is quite black, sometimes without 

 ocelli, but mostly with 2 small, white, usually deep black-bordered ocelli. The ? sihvery grej' beneath, with 

 darker forewing. Before the distal margin there is a band which is dark red-brown on the forewing and 

 pale grey on the hindwing, thus contrasting with the ground. From the higher parts of the Pyrenees. — 

 lefebvrei. lefebvrei I>i(h. (37a) has the forewing more elongate than the name-typical melas; the ocelli of both wings 

 are larger and more bi-ightly white-centred, the two on the forewing being mostly united. On the under- 

 side the forewing is but little paler than above, the russet-red band being distinct. The hindwing is uni- 

 formly black-brown without band, the sulnnarginal ocelli being very small or quite absent. Antenna black 

 pyienaea. above and beneath, being white beneath in mehis. Pj-renees. — pyrenaea oherth. has in the d" often a 

 red-brown band on the forewing beneath; the ? has the forewing dark red-brown, the underside with bright 

 red distal band, the hindwing beneath being brown-red with pale yellowish distal band. On the rocky 

 intermedia, slopes of the Canigou, from 2400 m to the summit. — An hitermediate form, intermedia, was described bj' 

 Obeethijr from the mountains of Cambres d'Ase, south of the I\lt. Louis (Pyrenees). — Egg light ochreous, 

 with 30 — 32 longitudinal ribs and irregular impressions. Larva yellow or reddish grey, with yellow sides, 

 dotted with brown on the back, there being a broad dark dorsal line. Pupa tirst green, the abdomen 

 marked with red, later the wing-cases milky white. The butterflies are on the wing in July, hunying in a 

 fast flight over the precipices and the boulders, flying at but a little distance above the ground (Oberthur), 

 plentiful. 



scipio. E. scipio Bxd. (37b). Rather large, the wings narrow and elongate, the distal margin but little 



curved. The russet-red band of the forewing is interrupted by the veins, being costally rather broad and 

 narrowing posteriorly. There are anteriorly 2 equal-sized white-centred ocelli standing close together and 

 being followed by 2 additional small black ocelli wliich have likewise white pupils. On the underside these 

 last two are frequently aljsent or are represented bj- simple black dots. The band of the hindwing consists 

 of 3 — 4 elongate russet-red spots, which have but rarely small ocelli. On the underside the forewing is 

 russet-red in the cf, and russet -yellow in the ?, tlie costal and distal margins being grey- brown in the cf 

 and white-grey in the ?. Tlie ocelli as above. The hindwing beneath is dark brown in the o"', sometimes 

 somewhite paler towards the outer margin, being uniformly white-gre}' without any markings in the ?. in 

 the Basses Alpes, for instance at Digne in Soutli France. 



ghicialis. E. glacialis h'sp. {^= alecto Frr.) (37 b). Upperside of both wings sombre black-brown , with an 



obsolescent red-brown band on the forewing which often hardly contrasts with the ground-colour. The 

 hindwing is either simply blackish brown, or there is a faint red-brown tint in tlie place of the distal band. 

 The forewing is beneath dark russet in the centre, being a little lighter in the ?; the hindwing uniformly 

 dark black-brown in the o", and blackish grey in the ^, a little lighter distally. — Distributed over the 

 wliole Alps, but occurring above the tree Hne, in July and August, on localities covered with bowlders. — 

 alecto. In alecto Him. (= pei'sephone Esp., nicholli Ohfrfh.) (37b) both sexes have before the apex of the forewing 

 two white-centred ocelH, which are also visible beneath. On the hindwing, too, there are 2—4 white- 

 centred ocelli , which are generally but partly present beneath or maj- be entirely absent. Otherwise like 

 the form ylackilis. More an insect of the nortliern and eastern Limestone Alps, occurring but sporadically 

 pluto. and mostlj- in small numbers of individuals. — pluto Esp. (= tisiphone Esp., duponcheli Ohcrlli.) (37 c) has 

 the upper- and underside uniformly black , only in the ? there being occasionally a faint reddish brown 

 tint on the upperside of the forewing. From the Abruzzi and the highest Alps. 



erinna. E. erinna Stgr {= erynnis Sfcjr.). Essentiallj- larger than f/hiriaHs, to which it comes nearest, a' 



above deep brown-black , with some obsolescent brown longitudinal patches in the outer jjart of the fore- 

 wing. On the underside there is in this species a large brown spot which occupies also the apex of the 

 cell. Hindwing on both sides quite dark black-brown, with glossy deep black veins. In the somewhat 



