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205. 

 HIPPARCHIA HERO. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Papilionidas Lat.^ Leach, 

 Type of the Genus Papilio Janira Linn. 

 HiPPARCHiA Fab., Och.,Leach. — Argus Scop. — Maniola *S'c/^.— Oreades Hub, 

 — Satyrus Lat., Godart. — Nymphalis Lat. — Papilio Linn., Fab., Haw. 

 AntenncB inserted on the crown of the head, composed of numerous 

 joints, clavate, the ckib elongated, compressed, the apex naked (1). 

 Muxillcs spiral, as long as the antenna; (3). 



Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, parallel, not touching, very much 



compressed, slender, thickly clothed with scales which are very long 



and hairy on the under side (4); triarticulate, basal joint short, 2d 



very long rather robust, slightly attenuated in some, in others subcla- 



vate, 3d about half the length of the 2d, slender, filiform (4 a). 



Head s?)i«//. Eyes sometimes pubescent ; (7, the head in profile'). Wings, 



superior somewhat ovate, infeiior orbicular, sometimes inclining to a triangle, 



the posterior margin frequently indented, abdominal margin excavated to 



receive the body, the middle cell completely closed. Legs alike in both sexes; 



anterior pair very small and hairy. Tarsi 4-jointed (8 b): middle and 2}os- 



terior pairs tvith the ta7-si 5-jointed, terminated by long claivs. Pulvilli large 



foiming a dilated central lobe, tvith a slender hairy process on each side (Sf). 



Eggs globose. Larvae downy, head globose, apex of abdomen mucronated ; 



graminivorous. Pupae suspended by the tail, generally short and obtuse. 



Hero Linn., S^c. Brown with a fulvous cast. Antennae black annu- 



lated with white. Superior wings palest at the costa, an orange 

 stripe close to the posterior margin, near to which are 2 small eyes of 

 the same colour with brown pupils ; inferior wings with an orange 

 stripe at the posterior margin, close to which are 4 large orange eyes 

 with blackish irides. Beneath ; superior wings orange at the posterior 

 margin, parallel to which is a silvery line, and 2 smatl ocelli with black 

 irides and white pupils; inferior wings with a broad orange margin 

 inclosing 5 large and 2 smaller ocelli, with black irides and white 

 shining pupils; a silvery stripe near and parallel to the posterior mar- 

 gin, and a whitish irregularly sinuated wave nearly aci'oss the middle. 

 In the Author's Cabinet. 



The natural situation of this extensive genus appears to be 

 between Pontia and Melitaea, the habit of the caterpillars and 

 the imago being similar to the former, as well as a few of the 

 chrysalides, whilst most of the pupae and the short anterior 

 feet of the flies greatly resemble those of the latter genus. 



The following arrangement and account of the British spe- 

 cies will, we trust, be found useful, and more satisfactory than 

 any that has hitherto appeared. 



A. Eyes pubescent. 



1. H. Megaera i>mn., Havo. — Sepp. 2. tab, 2 & 3,— Don. 8. 

 279. mas. — April and July : Woods, Fields, Lanes, and Road- 

 sides. 



2. H. ^geria Z,m^i., Haiv, — Sepp. 1. iab. 6. — Do7i. 14. 498. 

 — From March to June : Woods, grassy banks, Fields, and 

 Lanes, 



