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JleliicBa Aurinia, var. Merope. — A fairly good series was taken on tlie Pla 

 Guilhem ; the specimens are slightly more fulvous than the form occurring in the 

 Upper Engadine. M. Beione. — This species was over at Vernet at the time of our 

 visit, but larvEe were taken by M. Chretien, while staying at Vernet, in the St. Vincent 

 valley. M. Parthenie. — Taken on the Cabaliros near Cauterets ; the spots of the 

 under-side are scarcely so white as in the Swiss form, varia. 



Argynnis Pales. — Not uncommon on the Cabaliros and other elevated places. 

 A specimen was taken with the whitish blotches occasionally noticed on Arg. PapMa 

 in this country. A. Daphne. — A single specimen was taken by a M. Viard, who was 

 staying at the hotel at Vernet, in the valley of St. Vincent. A. Pandora. — Several 

 specimens of this handsome species were seen at Vernet, and we secured a fine female 

 on a thistle head on the road to St. Martin. 



Melanargia Laehesis. — Abundant at Vernet, where it entirely replaces M. 

 Galaihea. Some of the specimens from Vernet are of a distinctly yellowish colour. 

 M. Galathea. — Common near Cauterets ; the specimens were hardly so dark as the 

 usual Swiss form. 



We took altogether ten species of PJrehia, nearly all of which differ more or less 

 from the Swiss forms of the same species. 



Erehia Epiphron, var. pyrenaica. — This variety, which dilfers from the type in 

 the greater extent of the fulvous bands, which have larger black spots, was not 

 uncommon on the Pla Guilhem at Vernet, and near the Lac de Gaube at Cauterets. 

 One specimen with very large black spots was taken at St. Martin, near Vernet, at an 

 elevation of less than 3000 feet. E. Manto, var. Ccscilia. — The first specimen which 

 we captured of this species was mistaken for a form of glacialis. It is almost 

 uniformly black on both surfaces of the wings, though some specimens retain faint 

 indications of fulvous markings near the apical angle of tlie fore-wings, especially on 

 the under-side. One female was taken which is quite fulvous on all the wings on the 

 under-side, while another is perfectly black ; in both cases they are destitute of 

 markings. As far as our observations went, it entirely replaces the type in the 

 Pyrenees. One specimen was taken on the shores of the Lac d'06, and we found 

 it in considerable abundance (thanks to Herr Seebold's directions) between Cauterets 

 and La Raillfere, where we captured thirty males and three females in about an hour. 

 E. (Erne. — Almost over at the time of our visit. We took, however, a few scattered 

 specimens near Vernet and at Lac de G-aube. They appear to approach the var. 

 spodia of the Austrian Alps. E. Stygne. — -Common at Vernet and in the Hautes 

 Pyrenees at the lower elevations. A specimen from the Lac d'06 appears to be a 

 male with the markings characteristic of the female. E. Evias. — Common at Vernet 

 and Cauterets. It occurs at various elevations, those from the higher places being 

 rather the smaller. E. melas, var. Lefebrei. — We took two males and one female 

 of this species on a mountain slope covered with loose boulders on the Pla Guil- 

 hem, at about 8000 feet ; it is difficult to capture from the character of the ground 

 it frequents. The form which occurs in the Eastern Pyrenees differs from that 

 found more to the west. Unfortunately we failed to meet with it near Luchon or 

 Cauterets, as the weather was generally unfavourable for exploring the higher 

 mountains. E. lappona. — Rather common on the Pla Guilhem, and abundant on 

 the Cabaliros. The forms from the two localities differ considcrablv ; those from 



