130 SATYRUS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



sidiaea. pale in the distal area. Greece; Asia Minor. — sichaea Led. (44c) is a very large form from Sjria, with 

 wyssi. the underside of the hindwing prominently marmorated. — wyssi Chrht. (44c), from the Canaries, is mid- 

 way between the last two forms, some specimens approaching nymotypical fatua, others being nearer to 

 sylvicola. sichaea. — sylvicola Au>ft. (44c) resembles above the nymotypical form, the underside of the hindwing, 

 however, being entirely uniformly brown-grey and completely without markings. It occurs in West Algeria 

 and was obtained at the same place as hamii, but flies in September, while haiitin was caught in July. The 

 status of these North African forms has not yet completely been cleared up. — The species, like the 

 statilini(s-ioTva.s, prefer sandy soil and pine forests. On the Canary Islands the butterflies have been observed 

 flying about the rocks on the coast and settling with preference on that side of the trunks of Pinus cana- 

 riensis which faces the sun. According to Staudixgek specimens of fatuu are sometimes on the wing at 

 night, entering the lit up windows and coming to the lantern. 



fidia. S. fidia L. (44 d). Above similar to the preceding, but the underside much more variegated and 



brighter: the ocelli of the forewing large, broadly bordered with yellow, there being before them white smears 

 which are proximally bordered by a black line. On the underside of the hindwing the exterior black discal 

 line projects behind the apex of the cell as a broad tooth; it is externally broadly white and beyond it there 

 are moreover strong white smears extending towards the distal margin. In Southern France and on the Ibe- 

 albovenosa. rian Peninsula. — In North Africa, from Marocco to Tunis, there occurs the form albovenosa Aio^t. (44 d), 

 whose underside of the hindwing is still more prominently marked with white, the tooth of the median line 

 monticola. moreover being longer and more pointed. — monticola Micg, a mountain form from the Eastern Pyrenees, 

 calabra. on the contrary has the white on the underside of the hindwing reduced. — In calabra Costa, from the 

 Abruzzi, the apical ocellus is absent, and the yellow border of the ocelli of the forewing is dulled or obso- 

 lete. — Larva reddish jjrown, with obsolescent dorsal stripe and yellow lateral one; head marked with black; 

 stigmata black; on Milium multiflorura and other grasses. Pupa light brown, with darker wing-cases. The 

 Initterflies occur in pine-woods crowning sandy hills: on the wing from July till September, settling on the 

 ground covered with needles or on the trunks; they are abundant in their flight-places. 



pisidice. S. pisidice lUitg (44 d). Above very similar to the preceding forms, but darker, with less markings, 



both wings with long fringes, which are not chequered on the forewing. Underside quite different from that 

 of pdi((, being yellowish dust-grey; the discal line of the forewing almost straight, the proximal one of the 

 hindwing ([uite straight, the discal one but slightly dentate, the teeth not being long. The underside of tlie 

 hindwing, moreover, bears extremely minute transverse striae. — In July on the LeJ)anon, the Sinai and 

 other Syrian mountains. 



stutta. S. Stulta ^fijr. (44 d). Abo\e black; similar to the preceding insect, but along the costa with a white 



streak, which is somewhat dilated before the apex. The ocelli of the forewing contrast but feebly with the 

 dark ground, wiiile the two white dots situated between them are very prominent. Hindwing very strongly 

 dentate, with a ver}' broad white distal margin, which band encloses the small black anal ocellus, Jnit does 

 not (juite reach the inner margin. Underside dust-grey, the black discal lines absent or only vestigial and 

 interrupted. — In Turkestan, in July at altitudes^from 1500 to 4000 feet, very common. 



parisatis. S. parisatis Koll. (44 e). Like the previous, but the white dots between the ocelli of the forewing 



above smaller, being sometimes completely obsolete in the cf. The costal margin is less extended white than 

 the distal margin, the latter being very In'oadly white in the nymotypical form. Transcaucasia, Persia, Turke- 

 rnacro- stan and the Pamir. — macrophthalma Ec. (44 e) is the south-eastern form, from Kashmir and Afghanistan; 

 phthalma. [^ differs in the narrower white marginal band to the forewing, consisting only of the long fringes, and in 

 the narrower and proximally less indented marginal band to the hindwing, and in the much larger ocelli of 

 laeta. the underside. — The ab. laeta CJirist. (44 e) is distinguished by the white marginal band not becoming obso- 

 late l)efore the anal angle, but extending broadly into the same. — These butterflies, which, when alive, 

 have a wonderful blue sheen, are extremely abundant in their flight-places, rugged rocky mountain-sides, but 

 are often very difficult to catch on account of the unfavorable ground (L.\N(i). They have a Nymphalidian 

 swift flight and settle on rocks and stones. At Kandahar Robekts found the insect very common in shady 

 and moist localities, where they might be obtained by the dozen. As the dates of capture extend from May 

 till September, there appear to be several broods, or the time of appearance may vary considerably accord- 

 ing to the altitude of the locahties. 



dignn. S. digna Marsh. This species is unknown to me from nature; it resembles certain forms of acfaea, 



having a broad orange distal band, which encloses the apical ocellus of the forewing. The second ocellus 

 before the inner angle is absent. On the hindwing beneath there is before the distal margin a zigzag line 

 which is proximally and distally shaded with dark scaling (Bingham). — From the Shandur-Plateau in Kash- 

 mir, and Chitral. 



S. abdelkader. As large as the largest con/u/a : abo\'e similar to the latter, the wings more elon- 

 gate, both wings with small bluish white smears betwen the ocelli : underside of hindwing with a dark, rec- 

 lambessana. tangularly elbowed median band and pale veins. — lambessana Shjr. (44 e), from the Aures ills., differs 



