336 PAPILIONINA [apatura 



Asia Minor ; 7. Larva green, irrorated with yellow, paler 

 posteriorly ; subdorsal pale pinkish or yellowish line on 2-4 ; 

 oblique yellow reddish-edged streaks on sides of 5-10; 13 

 pointed, slightly bitid ; head green, with two long pale yellowish 

 pink-tipped projecting tentacles: on Salix caprea ; 8-6. The 

 imago is fond of sitting on upper branches of oaks, and some- 

 times shows a taste for decaying animal matter. 



2. SATYKIDAE. 



Characters of Nymphalidae, but forewings witii 12 greatly 

 dilated towards base. 



Also a large group, of very general distribution. Tlie species 

 are usually of moderate size, generally dark-coloured with light 

 bands or spots, and with several round black white-centred 

 spots on lower surface. Some of them are more fond of shady 

 places than is customary in this group. 



Ovum spherical-ovate, surface reticulated and often ribbed. 

 Larva more or less tapering towards extremities, with short 

 hairs, 13 ending in two points ; feeding on grass. Pupa sus- 

 pended by the tail or unattached, sometimes subterranean. 



Fhylogeny of Satyridae. 



Melanargia 



I 

 Pararge Satyius 



Epinephele Erebia 



Coeuonyiiiplia 



Tabulation of Genera. 



1. Eyes hairy . . . . .2. Pararge. 



,, glabrous . . . . .2. 



2. Middle tibiae short, with apical si)ine . 3. Satyrus. 



,, ,, normal . . . .3. 



3. Forewings with lower margin of cell basally dilated 4. 



,, ,, ,, not basally dilated 5. 



4. Forewings with lb basally dilated . 6. Coexonympha. 



,, ,, not basally dilated 4. Epinephele. 



5. Club of antennae abrupt . . .5. Erebia. 



1. Melanargia. 



