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EREBIA. Bv G. Eifpingei!. 



Amiirland. Tlie specimens 



ringed black and white, club above black, the tip and underside russet -yellow, 

 from Blagovestshensk larger than those from Raddefka. 



ruricola. E. ruricola Leech. This species bears above a gigantic, almost circular, apical ocellus which is double 



the size of that of trislis, being })ordered with yellow and having two pupils. The upperside is otherwise 

 uniformly russet-brown with a dark submarginal line. The forewing beneath as above, but the ground- 

 colour somewhat hghter; the hindwing beneath grey- brown, clouded, and in several places dusted with 

 whitish, without ocelli, i/ilcinn/i Oherth. is nothing but a larger form of ruri<ola , being put into Cullfrrhiit 

 by the autlior, where the species is perhaps better placed on account of the distinctly produced anal lobe 

 of the hindwing. — In West China, in July, rare. The southern form ilehiroi/i outside the Palaearctic 

 Region in Yunnan. 



rurigena. E. rurigena Leech (35b). Similar to the pi'eceding, larger, the forewing more pointed (especially 



in the cf), the jjorder of the apical ocellus much brighter jellow, the anal part of the hindwing not so 

 much produced. The apical ocellus variable in size. — In West China, local, in Juh*. 



saxico/a. E. saxicola Oherth. (35 e). Forewing broad, with the distal margin excurved, the apex rounded. 



and the costal margin arched. Ground-colour dark black-brown; forewing with a deep black, oval, ocellus 

 which is slightly edged with brown and bears two white pupils. On the hindwing a larger oceUus at the 

 apex and sometimes another smaller one below the same, both black, white-centred and bordered with dull 

 brown. Above the larger ocellus there are 3 — 4 white dots. Underside grey-brown with the same markings 

 as above: the double ocellus of the forewing ^vith a naiTow russet-brown border in the cf and a broader 

 russet -yellow one in the ?, the disc having a dull brown sheen. On the hindwing beneath the white dots 

 are more prominent than above, being in the ? parth' narrowly edged with yellow. Antenna dark above 

 and beneath, the club being elongate. — Distribution: Northern Kashmir and ilongolia, occurring up to 

 6000 ft. Settles often on rocks. 



shallada. E. shallada Lmifj (35 b). Larger than the previous. Above dark brown, a large russet -brown 



patch in the distal portion of both wings. The apical ocellus large and circular, bearing as a rule but one 

 pupil. The hindwing beneath has a submarginal row of white dots. — In Kashmir, local, but in some 

 places abundant, living on grassj- and rocky slopes, in May and June. 



hyagriva. E. hyagriva Moore. This Kashmirian butteifly is now placed with Erchia by Bingh.\m, whereas 



former authors put it into Vplhinid. It has indeed the aspect of an Vpthhiiu: above dark brown, with a 

 large, oval, yellow-bordered apical ocellus in the forewing bearing 2 pu])ils, and with a similar l)ut somewhat 

 smaller ocellus in the anal area of the hindwing. This wing is beneath as in Ypthiiiia grey- brown, being 

 finelj' striated with brown ; a double ocellus in the apex of the hindwing and two contiguous ocelli at the 

 anal angle. — From Kashmir to Sikkim: plentiful in the latter country, but rather rare in the Palaearctic 

 distncts. in August and September. 



hades. E. hades Sigr. (35 e). Above similar to shrd/adu, alniost black, forewing with 1 — 2 small whita 



apical spots. The undereide grey-black, the forewing with a large black ocellus wliicii beais 2 white pupils 

 and is bordered with dull jellow. The hindwing beneath is thinly dusted with grej', there being a curved 

 row of 6 — 7 white dots before the distal margin. The ? is somewhat hghter above, the underside of the 

 hindwing being densely dusted with white and the ocellus of the forewing sharply bordered with light 

 yellow. The fringes are chequered black and white, these spots being hardh" visible in the cf, while they 

 are distinct in the ?. — In the Altai and the mountains of the Transalai. 



nero. E. nCfO Stgr. (35 d). Upperside as in hudes with a white-centred black ocellus before the apex of 



the forewing, the ocellus being larger and more brightly centred-white on the somewhat lighter underside, 

 with the border dirty brown. The wings are otherwise without markings above and beneath. The antenna 

 ringed black and white, «-ith a dark club. — In Southern Fergana. 



mani. E. tnatli Xicef. Above black-brown: fringes chequered dark brown and gi'ey. Forewing with a 



broad, oval, yellow, posteriorly slightly brownish distal band which bears a large black wliite - centred 

 ocellus. In the ? the distal band is more elongate, extending to near the hindmargin. while it reaches in 

 the cf usually but to cellule 2. The hindwing uniformly black-brown . without markings. The fore^^^ng 

 beneath red-brown, with the hind and distal margins darker: the distal band reddish bro\\*n, the ocellus 

 broadly bordered with yellow. In the ? the band more yellow shaded with brown. The hindwing beneath 

 gi-ey- brown, thinly dusted with grey in the cf. more denselj- in the ?: before the distal margin and parallel 

 with the same there are 6 or 7 white dots. In the Pamir and Kashmir (Ladakj, at a considerable elevation. 



icelos. in Juh'. — Grum - Grshmailo describes as icelos a form which is similar- to jordana and was found in the 



Pamirs at a height of 11000 ft. The reddish yellow band of the forewing is shorter and the upperside as 



a whole darker, the red scaling being absent from the disc of the upperside. — The form from the Tian- 



jordana. shan and Kho-kand has been described as jordana .%/'■■ Here the broad j'ellow distal band extends to the 



hindmargin. being more or less shaded with brown. The hindwing bears sometimes vestiges of a brown 



