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Genus 2. EREBIA 



E. Epipliron v. Oassiope. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. June and July. 



HABITAT. At Saint-Martin- Vesubie : Mt. Siruol ; 

 Balme de la Frema ; Madone des Fenetres ; Col de 

 Saint-Dalmas, and many other places. It is common 

 at these heights. 



LARVA. (of Cassiope), On Poa annua and Festuca 

 ovina. 



OBSERVATION. - The type Epiphron, contrary to 

 Milliere,does not belong to the entomological fauna of 

 the department. 



It is, perhaps, here- well to observe, that all known 

 pupae of this alpine genus, are not attached by the 

 tail, but placed in an upright position among grass, 

 near the ground. 



E. Cassiope, as has already been pointed out, is 

 subject to albinism ; specimens being occasionally 

 caught, whose wings bear marks or traces of marks 

 of a light colour. 



The spots on both the f. and h.-w. can also be 

 partially or entirely absent. 



EJ. ]Ylelarnpu.s. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. July and August. 



HABITAT. Mt. Balme de la Frema, &c., at Saint- 

 Martin- Vesubie ; and, following Milliere, also at 

 Berthemont. 



It is much less common than the former. 



On August 2 nd 1890, I captured a good specimen at 

 the Madone; and on August 11 th , I caught two more on 



