butterflies of the French Pyrenees. 395 



64. Melitcea aurinia, var. merope. E. 6 — 7000 ft. July. 



— Only taken above Vernet at Pla Guilhelm ; it 

 agrees with the alpine form. 



65. M. phcebe. E. C. To 5000 ft. — Commoner at 



Vernet than in the Hautes Pyrenees, whence 

 Oberthur does not record it. I found one or two 

 at St. Sauveur. 



66. M. did y ma. E. C. To 5000 ft. June, July.— 



Very variable here, as elsewhere. I do not think 

 the very numerous varieties named in Staudinger's 

 Catalogue can be strictly defined. Typical speci- 

 mens are generally quite distinguishable, but in 

 a very large series they run into each other. 



67. M. dejone. E. To 8000 ft. June, July.— Com- 



monest at St. Martin, near Vernet ; not recorded 

 in the Hautes Pyrenees. 



68. M. athalia. E. C. To 5000 ft. June, July.— 



Very numerous and variable almost everywhere. 



69. M.parthenie. E. C. 5000 ft. July.— I only found 



this near the Col du Cheval Mort, above Vernet. 

 The form seems to come nearest raria, Meyer 

 Dur, of the Alps. Oberthur notes it in the Hautes 

 Pyrenees. 



70. M. dictynna. E. C. 2—3000 ft. June, July.— 



Bare at Vernet ; commoner near St. Sauveur. 



71. Argynnis euphrosyne. E. C. 3 — 6000 ft. June, 



July. — Those found in the rhododendron region 

 at 6000 ft. in July seem to be a transition to the 

 Lapland form fingal, as are also some from the 

 higher valleys of the Alps. 



72. A. selene, E. C. 2—4000 ft.— I found it uncom- 



mon, but it was probably over in July. 



73. A. pales. E. C. 5—8000 ft. July. — Common 



wherever I went above 5000 or 6000 ft., but I saw 

 none of the dark females (napcea, Hub.), which 

 are so plentiful in some parts of the Alps. 



74. A. dia. E. C. 2—3000 ft. June, July. 



75. A. daphne. E. C. — Only taken at Vernet by 



M. Rene Oberthur, and seems rare farther west, 

 where I did not take it myself. 



76. A. ino. C. 4 — 5000 ft. July. — Not common in 



the Central Pyrenees. I took it in the Val du 

 Lys only. 



77. ^1. lathonia. E. C. To 5000 ft. 



