HIPPARCHIA. 



For Generic Characters, see Hipparchia 

 andromacha. 



HIPPARCHIA SEMIDEA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings brown ; inferior pair marbled beneath, 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, immaculate : antennae, fuscous, 

 beneath bright rufous towards the tip, the club 

 very gradually formed : superior wings brown, 

 the costal margin with alternate transverse black 

 and yellow lines, exterior margin with alternate 

 black and white spots ; beneath dull ochreous, 

 with obsolete, transverse, abbreviated, blackish 

 lines; costal and broad tip margin alternated 

 with vivid black and white lines ; inferior 



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