236 Lloyd's natural history. 



GENUS F.riNEPHELE. 



Epinephele, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 59 (1S16); Herr.- 

 Schaff., Schmett., Eur., i., p. 81 (1S44); Schatz and 

 Rober, Exot. Schmett., ii., p. 216 (1S89). 

 Type, E. janira (Linn.). 



Eyes naked ; antennae slender, slightly clubbed ; wings 

 brown or tawny ; fore-wings with two nervures thickened at the 

 base; hind-wings more or less dentated ; middle tibiae a little 

 shorter than the tarsi. 



The Butterflies of this genus much resemble Ilipparchia in 

 structure, but are smaller, weaker, and somewhat differently 

 coloured. They may be divided into two groups, of which our 

 British species, E. janira and E. tithonus, are typical. They 

 are not very numerous in species, and are most abundant in 

 the Mediterranean Region, and in Western Asia ; the group 

 of E. tithonus is specially characteristic of South-Western 

 Europe. 



THE MEADOW DROWN. EPINEPHELE JANIRA. 

 {Plate XXXIII., Figs. 1. 2.) 

 a. Female. 

 Papilio jurtina, Linn., Syst. Nat. (x.), p. 475, no. 104 (175S); 

 id. Faun. Suec. (ii.), p. 276, no. 1052 (1761); Hiibner, 

 Eur. Schmett., i., figs. 161, 162 (1794). 

 p. Male, 

 rap ilia janira, Linn., Syst. Nat, (\\), p. 475, no. to6 (175S); 

 id. Faun. Suec. (ii.), p. 276, no. 1053 (1761); Esper, 

 Schmett., i., pt. 1, p. 128, pi. 10, figs. 1, 2 (1777); i., pt. 

 2, p. 150, pi. 82, fig. 5 (1783). 

 Ilipparchia janira, Steph., 111. Brit.Ent. Ilaust., i., p. 59 (1S2S); 

 Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Butterflies and Muths, p. 166, pi. 

 v., fig. 1 (18S6). 



