42 Ei'/^OPEAX B UTTERFLIES AXD MoTHS. 



in the Alps and in the mountains of South France, and is now beHeved to be an Alpine variety 

 of C. Area Ilia. 



6. C. Lcatidcr (Esp.). — Male brown, fore-wings suffused with tawny ; an orange band at the 

 anal angle of the hind-wings. Female with tawny fore-wings, brown hind margins, and sometimes 

 with one or two marginal eyes ; hind-wings with a paler band than in the male, four black dots, 

 and sometimes a black line. Under side of fore-wings yellow, with an eye at the tip. Hind-wings 

 beneath greenish-yellow, hind margin dusky. A marginal orange band, with sI.k eyes. All the 

 wings with a narrow sub-marginal lead-coloured line. Expands from i to i { inches. It inhabits 

 South-Eastern Europe in June. 



7. C. Dorns (Esp.). — Fore-wings brown in the male and fuK'ous in the female ; hind-wings 

 brown, with the centre and a marginal line fulvous. A black eye at tip of fore-wings, and a 

 cun-ed row across the hind-wings. These are surrounded by fulvous rings, and are generally 

 blind above ; the eye of the fore-wings stands on a pale marginal band, sharply bordered on both 

 sides, and shading into the ground colour towards the inner margin. Under side of hind-wings very 

 similar to that of C. Arcatiia, but ^\■ith a much narrower pale band across the centre. Expands 

 from I to 1 1 inches. Inhabits South France, Spain, and Italy in July. 



8. C. Corinna (Hiibn,). — Reddish fuhous ; hind margins brown. Fore-wings with a black e\-e 

 on both sides. A silvery sub-marginal line on all the wings beneath ; hind-wings beneath dull 

 fulvous, tinged with green at the base ; a narrow irregular central white band, with a large eye on 

 the costa within it, and three or four smaller ones on the outside. Double-brooded, frequenting 

 dry places in June and August in Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and probablj- Italy. The larva is 

 green, with greenish and yellowish lines. It feeds on grass in spring and autumn. 



9. C. A7/iarj'//is {Cra.m.). — Tawny; fore-wings with indistinct traces of marginal eyes. Under 

 side of fore-wings tawny ; hind-wings greenish. All the wings with grey hind margins, bordered 

 within with traces of a silvery line, within which is a row of black eyes with large silvery pupils 

 and j-ellow rings ; on the hind-wings there are traces of an outer reddish ring, and within the 

 eyes are one or two pale spots. Expands from i to li inche.s. Inhabits Eastern Russia and 

 Siberia in June and July. 



10. C. Tliyrsis (Fre}-er). — Fuh'ous, with the margins brown, a fulvous streak at the anal angle 

 of the hind-wings. A black eye at the tip of the fore-wings, and three on the outer part of the 

 fulvous portion of the hind-wings, ocellated only below. Under side of fore-wings with a black 

 line within the eye, and a pale fulvous one on the brown hind margin. Hind-wings yellowish- 

 grey, with a central pale yellowish band, and traces of several eyes besides the three principal 

 ones. The marginal line is stone-coloured and indented. Expands \\ inches. Common in 

 May in the island of Crete. 



* II. C. Pamphihis (Linn.), {Sniall Heath). — Tawnj', a black dot at the tip of the fore-wings, 

 represented below by a black eye in a buff ring. Hind-wings beneath greenish-grey, paler towards 

 the margins, and an irregular and interrupted white band across the middle. There are occa- 

 sional faint traces of marginal eyes, especially in the large South European variety Lylltts (Esp.). 

 Expands from i to il inches. Abundant everywhere throughout Europe, North Africa, and 

 Northern and Western Asia, during all the fine season. The larva is green, with two white 

 stripes on the back, and a yellowish stripe on the sides. It feeds on grass, and there is a 

 succession of broods throughout the year. The butterfly is figured at PI. 13, Fig. 8. 



* 12. C. Typlion (Rott.), Davits (Fabr.), {Marsh Ringlet). — Very variable ; ochre-yellow or 

 brownish-yellow, sometimes with black eyes on the hind margins in yellow rings, and ocellated 

 only below ; sometimes with no eyes above, and mere traces of them below. Fore-wings beneath 



