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lines ; in the former there is anteriorly a costal paler bar, and the posterior 

 half of the wing is paler ; between the bar and the marginal paler band 

 are three minute eyelets, with a black iris and bluish pupil, arranged 

 transversely in a triangle; and three more similar ones arranged obliquely, 

 the external one minute, in the paler part, the internal one pointing to the 

 anal angle. 



[Quite common in Canada ; included in the genus Satyrus Westwood.] 



[298.] 416. Hipparchia discoidalis Kirby. — Plate hi., figs. 2, 3. — 

 Expansion of the wings 1^-2 inches. Several specimens taken at Cum- 

 berland-house, Lat. 54°. 



Body brown. Antennas annulated with white ; wings very entire, 

 brown ; costa spotted with gray ; a triangular obscure reddish-tawny dis- 

 coidal stripe extends from the base to the posterior margin of the pri- 

 maries, and is discoverable also on the under side where the wing is faintly 

 clouded with gray at the tip ; the secondaries underneath are indistinctly 

 marbled and clouded with gray or whitish scales ; fringe whitish and brown 

 alternately. 



[A northern species  has been taken at Fort Simpson, and in Alaska.] 



FAMILY LYC.ENID.E. 



417. Thecla Augustus Kirby.— VhXt hi., figs. 4, 5. — Expansion of 

 the wings 1 inch. Taken in Lat. 54 . 



- Antennae annulated with white ; knob elongated ; wings dusky black 

 with a dull ferruginous disk ; fringe alternately black and white ; second- 

 aries underneath black at the base ; at the apex dusky ash-coloured, with 

 a transverse series of about eight black spots, rudiments of which appear 

 on the same surface of the primaries. 



Named after the Esquimaux Augustus. 



[Taken in Canada, the New England States, and New York.] 



[299. J 418. Lvcena dorcas Kirby. — Plate iv., fig. 1. — Expansion 

 of the wings 1 inch. Taken in Lat. 54 . 



Body black above, white underneath. Antenna: black, annulated with 

 white ; knob tipped with orange ; wings brown with a reddish tint, under- 

 neath tawny ; primaries with an angular band formed of faint black spots ; 

 behind these nearer the costa is a black bar, above which are two more 



