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rounded, and tlie costa is shaded or spotted with black. The 
under side is ligditer than in Ausonia. This is a constant 
Alpine variety, occurring in Switzerland and the Pyrenees. 
PI. VIII., 7. 
3. E. Tagis, Hiib. 565-6; Esp. 117, 5, 6. 
Expands from 1'25 to 1*34 in. ; that is, about the size of the 
smallest specimens of E. Belia. Wings white. Fore wings with 
black tips, spotted with white ; discoidal spot small and narrow. 
Hind wings white and without markings. Under side : — Tips of 
fore wings yellow. The discoidal spot very small and with a white 
lunar mark upon it. Hind wings greenish yellow, with spots 
arranged as in E. Belia and of a white colour, very rarely silvery. 
PI. VIII., 8. 
Time of Appearance. — March to May. 
Habitat. — Portugal and Andalusia, also in the South-East of 
France. 
Larva, according to Boisduval, pubescent, green, very finely 
speckled with black, and wdth a lateral white band, and above this 
a bright red stripe. It feeds on B>eris jminata in June and July. 
Pupa. — Pale flesh-coloured, shading off posteriorly into reddish 
violet. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Bellezina, B. Ind. p. 2. — Bellidice, H. G. 929-30. This is 
the French form of the species, and differs from the type in having 
more white spots on the under side of hind wings. 
h. Insularis, Stand. Cat. p. 4. — Tagis variete a., Boisd. Sp. 
Gen. 560. Differs from type in having the tips of the fore wings 
lighter. On the under side the hind wings are greener, with 
smaller and more numerous spots. 
Habitat. — Corsica and Sardinia. 
Obs. — These islands present many points of interest in their 
lepidopterous fauna that are peculiar to themselves, either in 
the form of local varieties, as in the present case, or of distinct 
species, as in that of Bapilio Ifospitoii, Satynis Ncomgris, Arggnnis 
JAiza, &c. 
