284 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Pupa green, compressed : head bicuspidate ; suspended ver- 

 tically by the posterior extremity. 



Species. Icon. 



1. A. Iris, Linn Ernst, I. PL XXXI. f. 62. a. b. 



2. — Ilia, Fab Ernst, I. PL XXXI. f. 62. c. d. 



(foem.) PI. XXXII. f. 64. e. 

 f. (mas.) 



Genus 8. HIPPARCHIA, Fab. 



Nymphalis, Latr. Maniola, Schrank. 



Argus, Scop. Oreades, Hiibn. 



Legs, first pair less than half the size of the second and third. 



Wings, generally brownish, with the margin ocellated. 



Antenna? clavate ; knob flattened ; (often slightly curved.) 



Larva, anal extremity bicuspidate : head globular, anteriorly 

 depressed; generally hairy, with dark-coloured longi- 

 tudinal striae ; hairs whitish. 



Pupa short, anteriorly bicuspidate, points erect, small; sus- 

 pended by the anal extremity. 



Metamorphosis, usually in the air, but some species change 

 under ground. 



Species. Icon. 



A. 1. H. Proserpina, Fab. Ernst, I. PL XX. f. 33. a. b. 



2. — Hermione, Linn. Ernst, I. PL XX. f. 34. a. b. c, 



3. — Alcyone, Linn. Ernst, I. PL LXII. Suppl. VIII. 



f. 35. a. b. c. 



4. — Anthe, Hubn. Hiibn. Pap. Tab. 1 15. f. 589.590. 



(fcem.) 



5. __ Briseis, Linn.. Ernst, I. PL XXI. f. 36. a— d. 



6. — Semele, Linn. . Ernst, I. PL XXII. f. 38. a. b. c. 



7. — Hippolytus, Fab. Ernst, I. PL VIII. Suppl. III. 



f. 36. a. b. bis. 



8. — Arethusa, Fab. Ernst, I. PL XXII. f. 39. a. b. c. 



9. — Fidia, Linn... Ernst, I. PL XXI. f. 37. c d. 



10. — Allionia, Fab. Ernst, I. PL XXI. f. 37. a. b. 



11. — Statilimis,¥ab. Ernst, I. PL LXIII. Suppl. IX. 



f. 37. a. b. c. bis. 



12. — Phaedra, Linn. Ernst, I. PL XXIII. f. 40. a— e. 



13. — Bryce, Fab. ... Hubn. Pap. Tab. 33. f. 149. 150. 



(foem.) 



14. — Cordula, Fab. Hiibn. Pap. Tab. 29. f. 132. 133. 



(fcem.) 



15. — Actcea, Hiibn, Ernst, I. PL LXIII. Suppl. IX. 



f. 37. g. h. 



