LEPIDOPTERA. 



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underneath of the wings is ferruginous, with spots of an oHve brown 

 set in a framework of white towards the base. 



The caterpillar is green, and flat like a slug, with four yellow 



Fig. 169.- Charaxes jaslus. 



horns bordered with red (Fig. 170). It lives on the arbutus, a shrub 

 common enough on the hills and mountains of the coast of the 

 Mediterranean. 



To the family of the Satyridi belong the Erebia Euryak 



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Fig. 170. — Larva of Charaxes jasius 

 about to change to a pupa. 



Erebia Euryale. 



!(Fig. 171), which is found in the month of July in sub-alpine regions ; 

 jthe Chiofwbas aello (Fig. 172), which is found in the Alps of Switzerland, 



1'of Tyrol, and of Savoy, and is common enough, in the month 

 of July, on the summit of Montanvers, near the Mer de Glace ; 

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