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The species are nearly all mountain insects, and are found 

 throughout the Palaearctic region (North Africa excepted), in 

 South Africa, and in Arctic and Western America. The 

 Himalayan species have been separated as Callerebin : the 

 fore wings are more rounded, and the inner margin of hind 

 wings is considerably concave; at the tip of the fore wings 

 is a large black eye, bipupilled with white, in a yellow ring, 

 and a smaller one with one pupil at the anal angle of the hind 

 wings; beneath, the hind wings are clouded with gray, and 

 have two small eyes at the anal angle. 



The next genus, (Eneis, may be known from any other 

 European genus by the veins of the wings being very slightly 

 dilated. The species are tawny, with black marginal dots, 

 the under side of the hind wings being varied with gray. 

 Most of them inhabit the Arctic regions ; but one species is 

 found in the Alps, another on the steppes of South Russia, 

 another in the Himalayas, and several (these latter being the 

 largest in the genus) in the mountains of California. They 

 vary from one and a half to two and a half inches in 

 expanse. 



A closely allied insect is the extraordinary Argyrophorus 

 Argenteus of Chili, which is uniform bluish silvery above, a 

 coloration almost unique among the Lepidoptera. It measures 

 about two inches across the wings. 



The genus Melanargia contains but few species, and is 

 exclusively Palaearctic. All the species have an unmistak- 

 able resemblance to our own marbled while. 



This is followed by Satyrus (the true types of which are 

 Alegcera and Mcera) and some smaller genera, which have 

 recently been separated from it. All the species are Palae- 

 arctic, Indian, or Australian, and closely resemble the fulvous 

 Southern varieties of j^geria, or else Alegcera, on at least 

 one surface of the wings, even when the other differs 

 considerably. 



Our British species of Epinephile will likewise illustrate 

 this genus. Several species allied to {/«»//•« occur in Western 

 Asia and the Himalayas; the Tilhontis group appears to be 

 confined to South-west Europe and North Africa. The 

 Chilian species, which have been referred to this genus, 

 probably belong rather to separate genera of their own. 

 There are several conspicuous Australian Satyriuce of 



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