EREEIA. 



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Hipparchia blandina, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. llaust., i., p. 62 



(1827). 

 Erebia athiops, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 35, pi. 12, 



fig. 7 (1878); Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 260, pi. 63, 



fig. 5 (1884). 

 Erebia blandina, Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., i., p. 216, pi. 29, 



figs. 2, 2, a-c (1893) \ Buckler, Larvae Brit. Butterflies and 



Moths, i.. p. 30, pi. 6, fig. 1 (1S86). 

 Wings dark brown above, with sub-marginal red bands, 

 marked with from three to five eye-spots on the fore-wings, 

 and three (rarely two) on the hind-wings. On the under 

 surface the hind-wings have rather more than the basal half 

 deep fuscous, obsoletely terminating in a sinuated line, and 

 followed by a bluish-ashy fascia, posteriorly tinted with red, 

 in which are one or more very small eye-spots. It measures 

 an inch and a half, or an inch and three-quarters, across the 

 wings. 



This Butterfly, though somewhat local, is common in many 

 places in Scotland and the North of England in July and 

 August, extending as far south as Lancashire. On the Con- 

 tinent it is frequently found among wooded hills in company 

 with E. ligea. 



The larva, which feeds on grass in May, is light green, with 

 brown and white longitudinal stripes; the head is reddish. 

 The egg is ribbed, and is of a whitish colour, speckled with 

 brown. 



THE MOUNTAIN RINGLET. EREBIA EPIPKRON, 



[Piatt XXX III., Fig. 3.*) 



Papilio epiphron, Knoch, Beitr. Ins., in'., p. 131, pi. 6 fio- 1 



(1783). 

 Erebia epiphron, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 1^, pi. 12. 

 fig. 6 (1S7S); Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 241 (1SS4) 

 * The race, E. cassio/e, is here figured. 



