85(5 Mr. 11. J. Ehves on the 



July I found it extremely abundant from 7000 to 8000 feet 

 on the high grassy hill-sides in the wild sheep country, where 

 it was by far the commonest CEneis, and perhaps, except 

 Argynnis freija, the commonest butterfly. It was ex- 

 tremely variable in the number of ocelli, some specimens 

 having as many as four on the hind-wing, and some 

 none at all. The colour of these alpine specimens was 

 also normally much paler and more fulvous than those 

 from the wooded Ongodai Valley, which are a darker 

 brown or dull chocolate tinge as in fig, 5, like those from 

 Amurland. This species always rests on grass and avoids 

 rocks, and is very easy to take as its flight is short and 

 weak as compared with other Q^neis. The wings seem 

 to be of an extremely tender character, becoming worn 

 very soon after it emerges from the chrysalis. 



142. CE. bore, var. ammon, var. nov. (PI. XIV, fig. 2 ^ 7 $). 



Foimd fairly common in the higher parts of the country 

 I visited from 7000 to nearly 9000 feet after July 2ud. 

 The females, however, were comparatively scarce, and the 

 insect hard to catch, as it frequents swampy ground and 

 flies fast. 



It is distinguished from the nearly allied liora, of which 

 vcrdanda, Stgr., seems to me a slight variety ; and also 

 differs from fulkt, Ev., by its much darker colour. It 

 agrees with fulla in having a more or less conspicuous 

 sex-mark, which liora has not, and differs from both in 

 the clasp and in the band of the hind-wing below, which 

 is as broad or broader at the costa as it is lower down, 

 and resembles that of var. taygete. The veins of the hind- 

 wings below are not so whitish as in that variety, but it 

 comes nearer to it than to any Asiatic species I know, and 

 has a similar clasp ; only one $ among the thirty or forty 

 specimens I took had ocelli or spots on either surface, 

 whereas in liora and fulla there are usually (not always) 

 one or two on the fore-wing, and one on the hind-wing. 



The above six species were all I took myself, but as 

 several others have been taken, or may be expected to 

 occur in the Altai range, I will here allude to them. 



143. (E. tarpeia, Pall. 



Not taken by me, but recorded by Lederer and Tancre. 

 I have specimens from tlie neighbourhood of Semipalatinsk 

 in Grum's collection. 



