198 Mr. H. J. Elwes on the 



at the end of June. vSorae of the females are very large, 

 and dark in colour. 



73. A. pales, SchifP. 



Common in Alpine meadows and forest openings at 

 5000 — 6000 feet from the end of June. To my mind the 

 variety found here, which agrees with specimens from 

 Bosnia, is a transition form from ^;a7cs to the variety 

 found in the Greek mountains and figured by Staudinger 

 in his list of the Lepidoptera of Greece (Hora3, 1870-71) as 

 var. grmca. Dr. Staudinger, to whom I sent a pair, says 

 they are nearer to his var. ccmcasica, and assigns both grmca 

 and caucasiea to arsilache rather than to pa/cs on account 

 of the black markings on the fore-wing below being well 

 marked. But though my specimens are not so large and 

 pale coloured as in typical var. gi\xca they resemble it in 

 having the ocelli on hind-wing below more distinct and 

 regular than in any other form of ^Jales or arsilache, and 

 by this character I should know them from any central 

 European jxe^es. From the nature of their habitat I 

 assign the form to jja/e-s rather than to arsilache, but the 

 specific distinction of these two forms is yet unproved 

 though very probable. 



74. A. dia, Linn. 



A few were taken at the foot of the mountains in July. 



75. A. daphne, Schiff. 



One was taken at Rilo by Mrs. Nicholl. 



76. A. iiio, Esp. 



Not common near Rilo Monastir in bushy places. 



77. A. hccate, Esp. 



I took a single specimen at about 3500 feet. 



78. A. lathonia, L. 

 Not uncommon. 



79. A. aglaia, Jj. 



Fairly common on the mountains. 



