T.YC.ENA. 
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It also occurs in Norway, Sweden, and Lapland. It is local, 
but, where it occurs, al)undant. Besides being an European species, 
it is also found in South Siberia. PI. XXIV., (). 
Larva . — U nkno wn , 
20. L. Orbitulus, Prun. Lep. Ped. p. 75 (1798); Esp. 112, 4 
(1800) ; Hub. 840 ab. ; Err. 421, 3, 4. — MelecKjcr, Hub. 
522-3. 
Expands 0-87 to 1 in. The fringes of all the wings are 
white. The male has the wings pale silvery grey, mixed with 
brown ; hind margins brown ; all the wings have a small black 
discoidal spot ; the hind 23air have a row of faint brown spots 
along the hind margin. The female is uniform brown, with a black 
discoidal spot on the fore wings. Under side pale grey ; fore wings 
with large black spots surrounded by white rings, arranged in a 
central row, discoidal and basal, and besides these a faint double 
hind marginal row. Hind wings with a triangular white discoidal 
spot, one ocellated basal, and a central row of four or five, some- 
times white and sometimes ocellated ; there are faint traces of a 
hind-marginal row and orange band. PI. XXIV., 7. 
Times of Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — The higher Alps of Switzerland and the Tyrol ; 
abundant, but local. 
Larva and Pupa. — Unknown. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Pyrenaica, Boisd. Gen. p. 11 ; H.-S. 483-5. Larger than 
the type, and with white spots on the under side. 
Habitat. — Pyrenees. 
h. Aquilo, Boisd. Ic. 12, 7,8; H.-S. 24-5, 343-4; Dup. i. 47, 
6, 1 .—FranUmii, Curtis, Hescr. App. Nar. p. 68. Smaller than 
the type. Both sexes greyish, lighter towards the hind margins ; 
discoidal spots surrounded by light rings. 
Habitat. — The Polar Eegions. This insect was taken by 
Capt. Feilden at lat. 81° 45'. I do not know whether it has ever 
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