240 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Butterfly appears in summer, a little later than E.janira, 

 and is not uncommon in bushy places. The larva feeds on 

 the annual meadow-grass (Poa annua), and other grasses in 

 May and June. It is of a greenish or grey colour, with a dark 

 dorsal line and two pale lateral lines ; the head is reddish. 



The woodcut represents the under surface of the male. 



GENUS MELANARGIA. 

 Melanargia, Meigen, Eur. Schmett., i., p. 97 (1829); Kirby, 



Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 36 (1878); Schatz and 



Rober, Exot. Schmett, ii., p. 216 (1889). 

 Arge, Hiibner (nee Schrank), Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 60 



(1816). 



Type, M. galatea, Linn. 



Antennae long ; club slender and gradually formed ; hind- 

 wings dentated. Front legs in both sexes almost microscopic, 

 hidden among the hairs of the pectus. Wings varied with 

 creamy-white and black, which often obscures the sub-marginal 

 eyes on the upper surface. 



There are several species of this genus in Southern Europe, 

 and Northern and Western Asia, but only one (the type) is met 

 with north of the Alps. 



THE MARBLED WHITE. MELANARGIA GALATEA. 

 (Plate XXXI., Figs, i, 2.) 



Papilio galathea^ Linn., Syst Nat. (x.), i., p. 474, no. 99 



(1758); Hiibn., Eur. Schmett., i., figs. 183-185 (1794?). 

 Hipparchia galathea, Steph., 111. Brit Ent Haust, i., p. 57 



(1828). 

 Melanargia galathea, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 37, 



pi. 12, fig. 9 (1878); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., i., p. 204, 



pi. 28 (1893). 



