430 Mrs. M. De la B. Nickoll on the 
undergrowth of the thin pine woods, and it is very shy 
of windy or cloudy weather. If by any chance it gets 
blown away from the grouseberry bushes, it seems com- 
pletely lost and will not settle anywhere, letting the wind 
carry it at pleasure. It is then very hard to catch. I 
append a description of this little-known insect. 
Expanse, 1°50 to 1:75. Upper side of all the wings 
dark reddish-brown, with a distinct blue gloss. F. W. 
with broad trianguiar ante-marginal band, broad at 
costa and tapering to a point at inner margin, containing 
two small white-pupiiled spots near the apex. This ante- 
marginal band is sometimes continued half-way across 
the hindwings; but generally the hindwings have no 
yellow markings. Underside of forewings brown, much 
tinged with red, ante-marginal band and spots as above. 
Underside of hindwings rather paler brown, with faint 
-grey ante-marginal band edging the wing rather evenly. 
No eye spots on hindwings. 
Another scarce Erebia is common in the Albarracin 
country, viz.: H. epistygne, which appears in abundance 
on the higher pastures in April and May, directly the 
snow melts. ‘The only other Lrebiw to be had is 
Li. evias, which appears in May or June, and is not very 
plentiful. The Satyrus family are well represented, and 
we took eight species besides var. ulagont. S. priewrt is 
probably a lias insect, as we never took it on any other 
formation. P. apollo is‘very common on all the higher 
mountains, and shows much variation; some specimens 
have the spots white, some more or less orange, and 
some ? specimens are very dark, with three conspicuous 
red spots on the upper side of the forewings. L. betica 
swarms everywhere; J. telicanus is not so abundant. 
DL. admetus is not scarce in the Guadalaviar valley, and L. 
amandus is to be had in the porphyritic country, whilst 
I. arion is very scarce and very early, but generally dis- 
tributed over the higher valleys. Thecla roboris is plentiful 
on the Cuenca side, but rare about Albarracin. Argynnis 
hecate and A. pandora are common everywhere. A. 
chlorodippe replaces the typical form of A. adippe all 
through Aragon. Melitwa deione is to be had, but not 
very commonly, the same remark applying to AL. trivia. 
M. aurinia, var. desputainit, is common, but was nearly 
over. The Melanargias are well represented. WM. 
lachesis swarms, so does M. iapygia, and its variety 
