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somewhat variegated witli grey. Before the darker median area there is an obsolescent white -grey 

 transverse band. Tiie ? is reddish lirown on the forewing, the margins being narrowly dark brown and 

 the veins l)lack- brown. The forewing lieneath is dull red -brown, the fore and distal margins being- 

 somewhat darker, witli thin grey scahng. The underside of the hindwing grey-brown, the black dots 

 situated in the distal area are but small and liave thin ])ro\vn borders. The white-grey, somewhat dentate i^f/tha. 

 median band is rather In-oad. — In ab. gertha Sf(/r. (37 f) the red-brown spots before the margin are 

 completely merged together and form a continuous irregular band which bears the black eye-dots. Also 

 on tlie liindwing the brown spots appear as a band which is slightly interrupted at the veins. The distal 

 area of the forewing beneath, which bears the black dots, is proximallj- dark brown. Tiie ocelli of the 

 hindwing beneath are narrowly edged with russet -yellow; the whitish transverse band as in nxqisoi^. Occurs 

 in the same district as the latter. — The form issyka Stgr. (37 f), which is on an average somewhat ksvAjo. 

 larger, has only a somewhat darker ground-colour. Tiie russet-brown distal spots are still broader than in 

 gertha and form nearly always a continuous band, in which the black dots are very prominent. The brown 

 spots are also broader on the hindwing, but rarely contiguous. On the underside of the forewing the brown 

 distal spots are narrower than above, being sometimes altogether wanting, and the black dots have Jjut 

 narrow russet -j^ellow borders. The white band-like marking of the cT is sometimes strongly, sometimes 

 faintlj' developed, being in the $ on the contrary mostly rather broad. The ? is lighter above than the cf, 

 and the cell of the forewing has mostly some red-brown colour, which is sometimes extended all over the 

 wing to the distal margin. The red-brown borders of tlie ocelli of the hindwing are broad, being often 

 merged together to a band. In tlie Issykkul district. — In alexandra St(jr. (37 f) the black-brown ground- alexandra. 

 colour has a reddish brown sheen , which is especially strong on the forewing. The russet-brown spots of 

 both wings are broad and form a continuous band which bears the rather large black dots. In the ? the cell 

 of the forewing is sometimes washed with russet-ln'own. The underside is greyish brown, the black eye- 

 dots of the forewing are rather broadly bordered with russet-brown , while those of the hindwing are 

 encircled by narrow brown rings. The whitish transverse band in the centre of the wing is sometimes 

 more sometimes less developed. From the Alexander Mts. — melanops Christ. (37 g), from the mountains metanops. 

 of the farther environs of Samarkand, has a sombre black-brown upperside, the black eye-dots of botli 

 wings have hardly visible dull brown rings; sometimes even these brown rings are wanting, in which case 

 the eye-dots are scarcely recognizable. The underside is somewhat paler black-brown, the apex and part 

 of the distal margin being thinly dusted with white in some specimens, the brown borders of the black 

 ocelli a little lighter tlian above. Tiie dark middle area of the hindwing is distallj' bordered liy an irregular 

 white-grey transverse band. The distal area is minutely dusted with grey and the black dots situated 

 therein are without brown borders. The ? is somewhat ligliter, the cell and sometimes also the central area 

 being obsolescent brown. The ocelli somewhat larger and but faintly bordered with brown. 



E. euryale Ksp. (= philomela Esp.) (37 g). The distal band of the forewing varies from dull russet- euryale. 

 brown to bright red-yellow in the name-typical form, becoming narrower behind and nearlj- always reaching 

 to the hindmargin, being occasionally separated into isolated spots. In this band there are 3 — 4 black 

 ocelli of which the small white pupils are usually developed only on the underside, the 2 anterior eye- 

 spots being placed close together, while the tliii'd is smaller and is somewhat shifted distad. The band of 

 the hindwing is narrower, being separated I)}- the veins into 5 russet-red spots which bear black dots, with 

 the exception of the costal spot, the dots being sometimes larger sometimes smaller or even quite absent. 

 There occur also specimens in which the band is not divided into spots but is continuous. On the under- 

 side of the forewing the brown band fades away proximally, the fore and distal margins are dark brown, 

 the ocelli as above. The hindwing beneath dark red -brown, with a hgliter, more or less gre}'- scaled distal 

 band, bearing 3 — 4 ocelli bordered with russet -yellow and having mostly minute white pupils. The distal 

 band is sometimes hardl\' visible. The ground-colour of the ? is lighter, the band of the forewing beneath 

 is light russet -yellow, the eye -spots situated in the same have minute white pupils, the costal margin is 

 sometimes more and sometimes less dusted with whitish or yellowish grej' above the band. The hindwing 

 beneath is mostly, but not always, shaded with whitish or yellowish scales at the base for some distance, 

 the grey or yellowish grey distal band contrasting sharply Avith the ground-colour. The ocelli situated in 

 the band are often hardly visible, being sometimes altogether absent. The margin is distinctly dentate, the 

 fringes being chequered brown and white. — In the form isarica ttiihl , from the mountains of Bavaria, isarica. 

 the distal band is yellowish brown instead of reddish yellow above and beneath; the ocelli are small and 

 without pupils, and the fringes not distinctl}' chequered. — oceilaris ^7//r. (37 g), which occurs from the ocellaris. 

 middle of July till the end of August on grassy pastures of the Alps of Styria, Carinthia and the Tyrol, 

 is much darker in ground-colour, being I'icli black-brown. The band of both wings is separated into small 

 roundish sombre red-brown spots which bear black dots. These spots are often altogether absent from the 

 hindwing. — Specimens without anj- markings above also occur, but are rare; this is ab. extrema Schuir. extrema. 

 The forewing has only beneath a diftuse vestige of the distal band, without eye-dots; the hindwing is 

 without markings also beneath. Near Toblach, Seis, at the Karersee. — In euryaloides Tenyslr. there are euryaloides. 



