THE RHOPALOCERA IN THE ALPS. 11 



Melitcea cynthia. Riffel Alp. — M. aurinia var. merope. Riffel Alp 

 and Gemmi Pass. — M.phcebe. Raiida, not uncommon; St. Niklaus, Aigle, 

 not uncommon. — Var. minor. Rauda. — M. didyma. Aigle, exceedingly 

 abundant and very variable ; some specimens approaching var. w^^ra; Le 

 Sepey, Inden, Randa, St. Niklaus, Chaumont. — Var. alpina. Aigle and 

 Le Sepey, not uncommon. — M. dictynna. Kandersteg, very plentiful ; 

 Miihlenen, Gemmi Pass, Inden, Randa, Aigle, Le Sepey. At Randa I 

 took an hermaphroditic specimen, in which the right side, which represents 

 the female, is larger than the opposite pair of wings, which is the male. — 

 M. athalia. Kandersteg, Inden, Randa, abundant; St. Niklaus, Stalden, 

 Aigle, not uncommon; Le Sepey, Chaumont. Very large specimens 

 were obtained at Aigle. — M. parthenia var. varia. Riffel Alp, very 

 plentiful; Randa, plentiful; at the latter locaUty they were intermediate 

 between the variety and the type. 



Argynnis euphrosyne. Kandersteg, Gemmi Pass, Loeche-les-Bains, 

 Zmutt-Thal. — A. pales. Gemmi Pass, Loeche-les-Bains, Riffel Alp, ex- 

 ceedingly abundant ; Zmutt.Thal and Staffel Alp, plentiful ; Zermatt, 

 Randa. — Var. napcea. Riffel Berg and Staffel Alp. — Var. isis. Riffel Alp, 

 Zmutt-Thal, Gemmi Pass. — A. dia. Aigle.- — A. amathusia. Kandersteg, 

 plentiful; Zmutt-Thal, plentiful; Randa. — A. daphne. One specimen at 

 Reichenbach. — A. latonia. Visp, Zmutt-Thal. — A. aglaia. Kandersteg, 

 Zmutt-Thal, not uncommon ; Randa, Aigle, Le Sepey. — A.niohe. Zermatt, 

 Zmutt-Thal, plentiful ; Randa, very plentiful ; St. Niklaus. — Var. eris. 

 Zmutt-Thal, very plentiful; Randa, very plentiful. Everywhere more 

 numerous than the type. — A. adippe. St. Niklaus, Stalden, Aigle, Le 

 Sepey, Chaumont. — A. paphia. A\g\e, Le Sepey, St. Niklaus. — Ab. 

 valezina. St. Niklaus. 



Satyeid^ (26 species). 



Melanargia galatea. Abundant everywhere in the valleys and lower 

 mountain region. 



Erebia melampiis. Riffel Alp, very plentiful; Zmutt-Thal, plentiful. 

 — E. mnestra. Gemmi Pass, Riffel Alp, plentiful. — E.pharte. Kandersteg, 

 Gemmi Pass. — E. ceto. Gemmi Pass, Loeche-les-Bains, Randa, not 

 uncommon ; near Zermatt. — E. medusa. Kandersteg, very abundant. — 

 E. mme, Kandersteg, abundant; Gemmi Pass. — E. stygne. Gemmi Pass, 

 Loeche-les-Bains, pretty plentiful. — E. glacialis. Riffel Berg, Gorner 

 Grat, Gemmi Pass above Loeche-les-Bains. — E. goi^ge. Riffel Alp and 

 Riffel Berg, very plentiful. — E. lappona. Gemmi Pass, plentiful; Riffel 

 Berg. — E. ligea. Kandersteg. — E. euryale. Kandersteg, Randa, near 

 Emd. Apparently just emerging. 



Satyrus hermione. Inden, St. Niklaus, Aigle, plentiful; Le Sepey, 

 Chaumont. — S.semele. In several localities; very large on Chaumont, near 

 Neuchatel. — S. cordula. St. Niklaus, exceedingly numerous ; Aigle, not 

 uncommon ; Le Sepey. 



Pararge yncera. Not uncommon at Spiezwyler, Miihlenen, Reichen^ 

 bach, Frutigen, Kandersteg, Loeche-les-Bains, Inden, Randa, St. Niklaus, 

 Aigle, LeSepey. The var. adrasta was obtained in several localities. — P. 

 hiera. Two specimens on the Gemmi Pass above Kandersteg. — P. megcera. 

 Kandersteg. — P. ageria var. egerides. Kandersteg. — P. achine. One 

 specimen between Aigle and Le Sepey. 



Epinephele janira. Exceedingly abundant everywhere in the lower 

 mountain region. — E. hyperanthes. Abundant in most of the valleys of the 

 lower mountain region. 



