NYMPHALID.E. SATYRIN/E. EPINEI'HELE. 201 



Genus 19.-EPI1TEPHELE, iiiibner. (ri.ATK xv).* 



Epinephete, Hubiier, Vcrz. bek. Schmett., p. 59 (i8'6); Scityrus {w\'i>^'ci^, Westwood, Gen. D. L., vol. 

 ii, p. 388 (1851). 



The genus Rpinephde occupies almost the same range as I/ipf^.nrhij, and is about 

 equally numerously represented here, eleven species having been recorded from within Indian 

 limits. They take the place of the "meadow browns" of England, and in the Himalayas 

 are only found at considerable elevations, and they chiefly frequent grassy uplands. The genus 

 comprises two well-marked groups, first those in which the males have a conspicuous brand 

 on the forewing, composed of silky densely packed scales, and extending along the median 

 nervure below the cell, as in many species of true Wpparchia ; and second, those in which 

 the males have no trace of a brand on the forewing ; this latter group contains the smallest 

 species of the genus, indeed the smallest of the subfamily, with the exception of the still smaller 

 Yplhimas. In the first group the shape of the anal angle of the hindwing (see Plate XV, fig. 39, 

 E. davendia), and in the second group the absence of the sexual brand in the male, distinguish 

 them from Hipparchia, but the two genera are very closely allied. The antenna in all the 

 Indian species of .£'////r///d'/<? have a gradually-formed club, as also have some of the Ilippat- 

 chias. None of the species of Epinepheh have a complete series of ocelli on the underside of 

 the hindwing, and in many of them that wing is altogether devoid of ocelli on both 

 sides. 



E©7 to tlio Indian species of Epinepliolo. 



First group. 



A. Males with a well-defined brand on the upperside of the forewing. 



a. Males with the forcAfing fulvous with brown margins; the brand con'=picuous, brown, 



on the fulvous ground ; hindwing dentate near the anal angle. Underside with 

 an angulate median dark line defined outwardly with whitish ; the ocelli generally 

 prominent. 



rt'. Female with the discal angulate dark line obsolescent on the upper- 

 side. 



191. E. DAVBNDRA, Western Himalayas. 

 b^. Female with the discal angulate dark line prominent on the upper- 

 side. 



IQ2. E. ROXANE, Beluchistan, Afghanistan. 



b. Male with the upperside as in a, but the hindwing quadrate and slightly dentate. Under- 



side with three very irregular dark lines and clouded whitish fascia; ; no ocelli. 



193. E. NARICA, Afghanistan. 



c. Males with the forewing brown, the brand deeper coloured than the ground ; hindwing 



less dentate near anal angle. Underside with the median dark line much more 

 irregular, seldom prominent, and never defined with whitish ; the ocelli small or 

 evanescent. 



rt' Fem.ale with two or three ocelli on the upperside of the forewmg, 

 rimed with fulvous and the space between irrorated wuh 

 fulvous. 



194. E. CHEENA, Western Himalayas. 



b^. Female with a single subapical black spot on upperside of forewing 

 placed on a fulvous submarginal band. 



195. E. INTERPOSITA, P.eluchistau, Persia. 



191. Epinephele davendra, ^loore. (Plate xv, Fig. 39 ? ). 



EpincphUe darendra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud , 1S65, p 502, n. 94, pl- x''>'. H- 7, »---^c :.nA/emaU. 

 Habitat : Spiti, Pangi, Thibet, Ladak, Kabul. 

 Expanse : i 75 to z'o inches. 



Description : ' ' Male greyish brown. Foravlng with the space within the discoidal cell 

 to near the apex, and then descending to near the posterior margin ferruginous, this colour being 

 distinctly defined ; within it is a single black api cal spot. [Or, in other words, ih^ fornviug 

 * EriNEPHBiE ; erroneously spell F.pinekhile on the plate. 



