EREBIA. By G. Weymer. 237 



striated with dark brown, witli ;iii ohlicjue row of white ihits. Very cihiuimiii in tlie inonntains of (Hiile. The 

 figure is from Felder's ty])e of rn/ilirinr. 



E. COCtei Giii'r. (= triigicus /I'tal) (51 d). Ahove brown, somewhat (histcd witii rust-red and witli some r,„'f,-i. 

 rust-red s])ots at the anal angk' of llic liindwing. The '^ is rust-red<lish to lieyond tlie mi(hlle and has beh)re 

 the apex an eye-spot with double pupil. On the under surface the forewiug in i)oth sexes is red-yellow with 

 a similar eye-spot, the distal margin and the hindwing lighter brown, the hitter with a lighter band beyond 

 the middle. According to Elwes locally common in the Chilian ninuntains. 



E. tristis Guf'T. Somewhat larger than i-nrlrl. According to the figure in ,, Voyage (!oquille" above uni- Irislis. 

 eolorous tlark yellow-brown with the veins lighter and a snuill, idund, pale yellow spot at the end of the cell 

 on the forewiug. On the under surface, whic-h is not figured, according to (Jitkrin's description there is a yel- 

 lowish white line on the hindwing, anteriorly expanding into a large spot of the sauu- colour. According to 

 Elwes the species is locally common in Chile. — pales Phil. (51 d). Perhajis a form of the preceding. Above i"il<'s. 

 grey-brown with 2 small red-yellow s])ots at the margin (jf the hindwing. Forewiug beneath red-yellow, costiil 

 and inner margins narrowly yellow-grey, flistal margin broadly yellow-grey, a large eye-spot with donhic 

 |in|iil liefore the apex. Hindwing beneatli yellow-grey with the uuirgin lighter. (Ihile (Valdivia). 



E. flora Phil. (= Pedal, (jaxes Btlr.. Stibomorpha tristis Btlr.) (51 d). Above brown with 1 or 2 I'ed- flora. 

 brown spots, which, however, may also be absent. Fringes che<piered with yellow and brown. Beneath: foic- 

 \\i?ig spotted «ith red-yellow an<l lnown, its costal margin niarbkd with black and white. Hindwing niaibled 

 with dark l)n)wn, with a yellow s])ot in the middle, an undulate white transverse band and a white sj)ot at the 

 costal margin. Province of Valdivia (('hile). PniLippi described the species as a Sdtj/rus, Butler first as P(- 

 (Idlidihs. then as Stibuuiorpliii. On account of the Itasally inflated nu'dian 1 place it here. 



E. nycteropus Reeil (51 d). Above brown, in the ,j with tlark brown seent-seale patch, in the '{ with ii>/<frniiii(s 

 dark red-yellow median sjiot on the forewiug. On the hindwing some red-yellow submarginal spots. Forewiug 

 })eneath red-yellow, distal margin broadly, costal luargin narrowly grey-brown, a, round apical ocellus with 2 

 white pupils in ochre-yellow ring. Hindwing grey-brown with a dentate wdiite median stri])e. In the middle 

 of the lighter marginal area 2 light yellow spots. Differs also from fiord Phil., to which it bears some resem- 

 blance, in not having either the fore- or hindwing dentate and in the more produced apex of the forewing. Rare 

 and apparently confined to the coast-region of Central Chile. 



E. poliozona Flilr. (51 d). Above unicolorous brown. l>enc:),tli brownish red-yellow with the margins imlin-ima. 

 of the forewing grey-browji, a blind a])ieal ocellus, hindwing with a, light lilac submarginal band. On this is 

 placed in cellule 2 and in cellule 5 a black dot. Chile. 



E. gyrfone Bcrq. Above brown, the ,j with a doulile eye-spot before the apex ami without eye-spots (uirtnnr. 

 on the hindwing. In the $ in addition a 2nd small eye-spot in cellule 2 of the forewiug and 5 on the hindwing. 

 Beneath yellowish grey, with a lighter band before the distal margin, ])artly white on the hindwing, on whic-h 

 are placed the black, white-pupilled and yellow-ringed ocelli, in the J 2 on the foicwing and 4 on the hindwing, 

 in the $ 3 on the forewing and 5 on the hindwing. The first eye-sj)ot on the forewing is larger and bi-pujiil- 

 led. The band is proximally and distally bordered by a dark line. 39 — 45 mm. Found ui the south of the 

 ])rovince of Buenos Aires (Sierra Tandil). 



E. inibrialis Wcekft. Alxive bronze-brown. On the forewing a dentate cUxrk brown line riuis from th(" imliriiiHs. 

 apex to the submedian and from there back, touching the discocellular, to the middle of the I'ostal margin. 

 In the triangle thus formed is placed before the apex a black double eye-spot with 2 silvery pupils and light 

 brown ring. The hindwing has a fine dark brown submarginal line and only occasionally a small eye-spot 

 with single pupil at the anal angle. The under surface of the forewing is as above, oidy much lighter, the eye- 

 spot is larger and has a yellowish white ring. The apex is dusted with grey. The hindwing is grey beneath. 

 strongly dusted with brown, with a broad grey band, ])roximally bordered with browTi, before the distal margin. 

 Sometimes a row of brown spots is present in the middle. Thus the species is apparently very variable. From 

 Bolivia, Alezuni district. 



28. (lomis: Krelria DkIw. 



Only the costal of the forewing is strongly inflated at the base. Of the subeostal veins 2 usually ari.se 

 before the end of the cell, sometimes only one. The 4th subcostal vein runs into the apex of the forewing. The 

 antenna has the club distinctly ])rolonged. The palpus is anteriorly clothed with long, stiff hairs, above with 

 shorter hairs. The distal nuxrgin of both wings is rounded. The Frebia-s are mostly small dark brown butter- 

 flies, scarcely reaching medium size. Their range of distributhm embraces the whole Palearctic and Nearctic 

 Region. They are mostly mountain butterflies, inhabiting the ali)ine regions of Europe, Asia and America. 

 Only a few species descend to the hills. In comparison with the Palearttic Region the luuuber of the American 

 species is small. For the habits and life-history of Erebia cf. further vol. 1, p. 04 and 95. 



