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Mr. H. J. Elwes' notes on 



In Amiirland and Northern Siberia we have 10 or 12 

 species, of which 3 or 4 are of arctic character ; parmenio 

 extends to Central Siberia, cyclojnns west to the Ural, 

 and one is found in Japan. None except tristis, dabancnsis, 

 era, and edda are peculiar. 



In Arctic America w^e have 4, or perhaps 5, of which 

 sojia andfasciata are peculiar ; and discoidalis extends to 

 Eastern and Northern Asia. 



Lastly, in the Eocky Mountains we have 4, of which 

 magdalena and ejnpsodea are peculiar ; while tyndarus 

 extends to Europe and Asia ; and Disa, as yet found 

 only in the north, is a circumpolar species. 



Synopsis of the Genus Erebia.* 



1. Epiphron, Knock., Beit., iii., 131, t. 6 (1783) ; 



H.-S., 92-4. 

 var. 'pyrenaica, H.-S., 535 — -8 (inconstans, 



noiiien vix conservandmu, transitus 



ad cassiopem in partem. 

 var. cassioye, Fab., Mant.,42(1787); Meyer- 



Diir, ii., figs. 4, 5, 7, (inconstans, 



formiE intermediffi adsunt). 

 ab. nelamus, Boisd., Gen., p. 26 (1840) ; 



Meyer-Dlir, ii., fig. 8, (ab. vix fascia- 



ta et fere inocellata). 

 ?var. licfersteini, Ev., Bull. Mosc, 1851, ii, 



GIO; H.-S., 017—18 (forma dubia 



mihi natura ignota). 



2. Tundra, Stgr., Rom. Mem., iii., p. 148, t. 



viii., 1 (1888). 



3. Melampus, Fuessl., Verz. Schw. Ins., p. 31, 



fig. 6 (1775) ; Esp., 103, 1. 

 var. sudetica, Stgi*. Cat., p. 10 (1861), (var. 

 mac. rnf. majoribus, nomen vix con- 

 servandum). 



4. ERiPHYLE,i'Ve7/.,ii.,p.l50,t. 187,3,4(1836); 



Meyer-Diir, p. 154, t. ii. 8; cf. Roth., 

 Mitt. Schw. Ent. Ges., i., p. 110 (1803) ; 

 Christ, I.e., vi., p. 231 (1882) : (sp. dubia 

 an melampus var., an melampus et 

 pharte hybrida.) 



Harfz ; Siles. ; Blk. 



Forest ; Vosges. 

 Pyr. or. 



Alps; Pyr.; Hmig. 

 mont. ; Scot. 



Sib. cent. mont. 



Irhutsh. 



Alp. ; Hung. alp. 

 Sileslamont.; Alp. 



Helv. ; Styr. ; Aust. 

 inf. ; Cam. ; Car. 

 mont. et alp. 



* In this Synopsis I have, to save space, in many cases used the 

 same abbreviations as are used in Staudinger's ' Catalogue ' ; but 

 I have omitted the greater part of the synonyms and references 

 given by him as no longer necessary. 



