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The former variety differs from the type in the h.-w. 

 having a white band ; $ with differently marked 

 cilia or fringes. 



EJ. Oeto. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. July and August. 



HABITAT. Saint-Martin- Vesubie, near the village ; 

 Balme de la Frema ; Madone ; Cascade ; and at 

 Berthemont-les-Bains. Common. 



I took it on one occasion, in a little field off the 

 mule path, about half-a-mile from the Madone des 

 Fenetres, on July 14 th 1890, when five males and eight 

 females were captured in the course of a few minutes. 

 The spot literally swarmed with them ; in fact, it was 

 about the only species of Erebia represented. 



LARVA. Unknown. 



VARIETY. v. Phorcys. 



The submarginal spots on the u.-s. are white, with 

 dark brown centres. 



OBSERVATION. At the time of the capture of 

 Ceto, a specimen of what was apparently the variety 

 Phorcys was taken. D r Staudinger does not appear to 

 acknowledge this form. 



E. Medusa. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. May and June. 



HABITAT. According to the late A. Risso, " High 

 mountains of the Maritime Alps." 



LARVA. On Panicum sanguinale and other Grasses, 

 in April and May. 



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TIME OF APPEARANCE. July. 



