56 BUTTERFLIES OF THE RIVIERA 



V. 10. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. April to October,the imagines 

 hybernating. 



HABITAT. Common on the coast ; but very scarce 

 in the mountains. 



OVUM. Eggs in April and May. 



LARVA. On Urtica dioiea and Humulus lupulus 

 (Hop), from June to August. 



VARIETY. ab. Joides. 



It is merely a small form of the species, and is not 

 confined to any particular locality. 



V. Antiopa. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. From March to May, and 

 from June to October. 



HABITAT. Nice, in the Vallon Obscur ; Cannes ; 

 Saint-Martin- Vesubie, near the torrent ; and many 

 other places. Very common. 



OVUM. Laid in the spring by hybernated females. 



LARVA. Lives in company on Salix alba, and. some- 

 times on Birch, Poplar and Nettle, from June to August. 



VARIETY. ab. Hygiaea. 



The white, or light yellow hind marginal band is 

 much broader than in the typical form, and the blue 

 spots are either entirely, or partially absent. 



HABITAT. The same localities as the type. It is 

 very rare. 



OBSERVATION. The individuals of the March brood 

 are hybernated specimens. 



V. A talari ta. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. June to October, and after 

 hybernation, in the spring. 



