NYMPHALIDyE 67 



OVUM. In August. 



LARVA. On Viola odorata and tricolor, in May 

 and June. 



VARIETY. ab. Cleodoxa. 



Corresponds to the variety Eris of A. Niobe. 



HABITAT. Same as the type. It is to be found at 

 Saint-Martin-Vesubie, though it is not abundant. 



A. Fapliia. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. July and August. 



HABITAT. It is common on the coast and in the 

 mountain districts, as at La Bollene, Saint-Martin, &c. 



OVUM. It is whitish, and is laid singly. 



M r Newman, in his very interesting book, relates 

 that the eggs of Paphia are laid on dead leaves or 

 moss, or on the living leaves of Viola eanina and 

 odorata, at the end of July and beginning of 

 August. 



LARVA. On Viola eanina and V. odorata, from the 

 end of May to the middle of June. 



VARIETIES. ab. Valesina, ? 

 and v. Anargyra. 



The former is a dimorphic condition of the female, 

 in which the wings are dark blackish brown, with 

 black spots. 



HABITAT. Same as the type. 



It is to be met with in the fields near the torrent, at 

 Saint-Martin-Vesubie; and also near the Col de Saint- 

 Martin, on the ascent of the Balme de la Frema. 



v. Anargyra has the silver streaks absent from the 

 u.-s. of the h.-w. Rare. 



