398 Mr. H. J. Elwes on the 



almost total absence of the broad fascia on the 

 hind wings below. 



90. E. Tyndarus, var. dromus. E. C. 5—8000 ft. 



July. — Common in most parts of the mountains, 

 and separable from the Swiss form, as far as I 

 can judge, those found near Vernet having a 

 more distinct fulvous band than those from the 

 Hautes Pyrenees. Cf. Ob., Et. Ent., viii., p. 25. 



91. E. Gorge and var. Gorgone, Boisd. E. C. 6— 9000 ft. 



July, August. — I am unable at present to say 

 whether the form which is known as Gorgone, 

 and which Staudinger characterises as follows : 

 "var. major, $ subtus unicolor, 2 venis albi- 

 cantibus," is constantly distinct from Gorge or 

 not. Struve says, Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 403, that 

 he found the two together at the Port de Venasque, 

 above Luchon. He also includes both in his list 

 of the Lepidoptera of the Eastern Pyrenees, 

 whilst Oberthur says that in the Hautes Pyrenees 

 Gorgone replaces Gorge. I found two varieties, 

 one larger near the Port d'Espagne, and one 

 smaller on the Pic du Midi, both in the Hautes 

 Pyrenees, and came to the conclusion that they 

 were both Gorge, like the form from Mt. Canigou; 

 whilst others, of which the female is paler below 

 than any alpine Gorge, and agree with Staudinger's 

 definition of Gorgone, are not quite the same as 

 those from Cauterets, given me as Gorgone by 

 Oberthur. This author also describes and figures 

 Gorgone, var. gigantea, from Northern Spain ; so 

 I think it seems clear that the various forms are 

 not constant, though I have certainly seen none 

 from the Alps which resemble the typical Gorgone. 



92. E. ncoridas. E. 3000 ft. July, August. — This 



species had not appeared when I left Vernet, but 

 Oberthur says it is common at the Monastery of 

 St. Martin du Canigou, near Vernet, in August. 



93. E. pitho, var. 2W ena ^ ca - C. August. — I did not 



take this species, which seems not uncommon at 

 the end of the season in the Hautes Pyrenees ; 

 but my only specimen from the Pyrenees does not 

 confirm Staudinger's distinction, which is as 

 follows : " Minor magis ocellata subtus magis 

 variegata." 



