HIPPARCHIA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae with a slender, somewhat fusciform, 

 or trigonate-orbicular club ; palpi meeting above 

 the tongue, with the second joint very much 

 compressed, and much longer than the first; 

 anterior pair of feet shorter than the rest, and 

 often very hairy; feet of the other legs with 

 double nails ; hinder wings somewhat orbiculate- 

 triangulate, with the internal margin excavated 

 to receive the abdomen; the middle cell closed 

 behind, from which part the nervures radiate; 

 the outer margin entire, or with acute or obtuse 

 indentations. (Leach.) 



OBSERVATIONS. 



We adopt the generic name from Fabricius. 

 It is the Maniola of Schrank, Satyrus of La- 

 treille, and of course, Papilio of Linne. The 

 genus is numerous in species, and the wings of 

 many are beautifully ornamented with eye-like 

 spots. The caterpillar is downy and bimucronate 



PLATE XXXVI. 



