Erebia. 



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17. E. Goantc (Esp.). — Very like Gorge, but larger. Expands about \\ inches. The band is 

 brighter coloured and better defined, and the eyes are larger and pupilled below. The hind-wings 

 are not so much produced, but regularly rounded, and are darker on the basal half, which forms 

 irregularly rounded projections behind. Widely distributed throughout the Alpine ranges in July, 

 though somewhat local. It flies at a considerable elevation, and is more frequent towards the south 

 side of the ranges. 



iS. E. Proiio'c (Esp.). — Dark brown, with a rust-coloured band containing eyes. The fore- 

 wings are reddish-brown beneath ; hind-wings beneath with a paler band, which is sharply bounded 

 towards the base. The hind-wings and tips of fore-wings are dusted with violet-grey beneath ; the 

 former have a paler band towards the hind margin. The variety Pitlio (Hiibn.) is darker, with the 

 red band more or less obliterated. Expands from i^- to if inches. One of the commonest species 

 throughout the Alpine ranges in July and August, where it frequents the meadows of the forest 

 region. The male is much more abundant than the female. It also extends to the mountains of 

 Asia Minor and the Caucasus. 



19. E. Neoridas (Boisd.).^Brown, with a fulvous marginal band containing at least three eyes 

 on each wing. The two nearest the tip of the fore-wings are the largest, and are often confluent. 

 The hind-wings are somewhat oval, and are brown beneath, varied with darker, and paler towards 

 the margins, but without eyes. It expands nearly \h inches. Common in August at a moderate 

 elevation in some parts of South France and Spain. 



* 20. E. ^Etli'wps (Esp.), Medea (Hlibn.), Blandina (Fabr.), {Scotch Argus). — Upper side 

 nearly as in Neoridas, but the band is of a darker red, more rust-colour, and the hind-wings 

 are more rounded, and slightly dentated. The bands are sharply defined on both sides of the 

 fore-wings, but are rather paler below. Hind-wings of the male brown beneath, with a band 

 near the hind margin dusted with whitish, and containing white dots ; in the female they have 

 a greenish tinge, and are banded with greenish-yellow. Expands from i:^ to \\ inches. In- 

 habits the greater part of Central and Southern Europe, and Northern and Western Asia, but 

 is wanting in the north-western plains of Europe, and in Silesia. It is common in many 

 places in Scotland and the north of England, frequenting open places in woods from July to 

 September. The larva is pale green, with a dark green or brownish stripe on the back, and 

 two white stripes bordered with darker on each side. Lives on difi"erent species of Poa in 

 October, May, and June. The butterfly is figured at PI. 12, Fig. 7. 



21. E. Ncrine (Freyer). — Wings above dark brown, with a rust-coloured band containing 

 eyes, the two nearest to the tip of the fore-wings placed obliquely. Under side of fore-wings 

 reddish-brown ; paler towards the hind margins. Hind-wings beneath dark brown, faintly dusted 

 with whitish, with a slightly paler band in the male ; greenish-grey, with a pale yellow band in the 

 female. In the variety Reiehlini (Herr. SchatT. ), the eyes are smaller; the fore-wings are darker 

 beneath, and the band on the under side of the hind-wings is less dentated towards the base. 

 Expands nearly 2 inches. A very local species, found only in the forest region of the South- 

 Eastern Alps in July. 



22. E. Stygne (Ochs.). — Upper side nearly as in E.Neriue; fore-wings beneath dark brown, as 

 far as the sharply defined rust-coloured band. Hind-wings beneath almost uniform blackish in 

 •the male, and brownish-yellow, with an indistinct paler band, in the female. Expands from ij to 



l^ inches. Common in the Alps, and in all the mountains of South- Western Europe at a moderate 

 elevation, in June and July. 



23. E. Evias (Godt.). — Dark brown, with a rust-coloured band enclosing eyes, three of which, 

 near the tip of the fore-wings, are placed in a s';raight line. Under side of the fore-wings dark 



