PIERID^E 19 



Genus 5. - - COLIAS 



O. l^alaeno. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. July and August. 



HABITAT. According to Pierre Milliere, "All the 

 heights of the department, from 1.800 metres (5904 

 feet) to 2.000 metres (6560 feet) where type and 

 variety are not rare. Ch.? " 



LARVA. On Vaccinium utiginosum and Coronilla, 

 in May. 



The female of Palaeno, like most of the genus is 

 dimorphic, but departs from the general rule in 

 having the normal form white. There is, however, a 

 yellow form which is found at a greater altitude than 

 the type, namely the 



VARIETY. ab. Werdandi, H. S. 



OBSERVATION. Staudinger, like Milliere gives a 

 v. Europomene., Och. 



The former also enumerates an ab. Werdandi &mongs 

 the varieties of the type. 



Is. then, the oar. Europomene of Milliere's Catalogue 

 identical with Staudinger's Werdandi of H. S. , or is 

 Europomene separate ? 



O. JPlilcomono . 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. July and August. 



HABITAT Mt. Colmiane, Mt. Balme de la Frema ; 

 Madone des Fenetres (Fenestres) ; also heights of 

 Berthemont, at an altitude of never less than 5000 feet . 



I observed a single specimen of the $, on the 

 Colmiane, as late as October 14 th , one year. 



LARVA. On different kinds of Leguminosae, chiefly 

 of the genus Vicia. 



