epinephei.f,] SATYRIDAE 839 



1. E. tithonus, L. 34-42 mm. Forewings brownish-orange ; 

 margins dark fuscous, broadest terminally ; towards apex a 

 black spot containing two white dots ; in <j a suffused dark 

 fuscous median fascia not reaching dark costal border. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; a large brownish-orange posterior blotch ; 

 sometimes a small dark whitish-centred spot towards tornus. 

 Hindwings beneath brown, posteriorly blotched with pale 

 ochreous ; two white blaekish-cdgcd posterior dots. 



Britain to Argyll, Ireland (except N.), local, common in S. 

 England ; Europe (except NE.), Asia Minor ; 7, 8. Larva 

 pale ochreous, freckled with red-brown, sometimes greenish- 

 tinged ; dorsal line dark brown ; lateral pale, darker-edged ; 

 subspiracular pinkish-white, dark-edged above ; head ochreous, 

 brown-freckled : on grasses ; 9-6. 



2. E. janira, L. 41-51 mm. Forewings rather dark fuscous ; 

 a round black white-centred spot towards apex, ringed with 

 dull orange, in $? larger and placed in a large transverse dull 

 orange patch. Hindwings dark fuscous, with slightly paler 

 postmedian band. Forewings beneath orange, margins fuscous; 

 spot as above. Hindwings beneath brownish, with broad paler 

 postmedian band, often including two or three black dots. 

 Varieties with upper surface partly bleached are not un- 

 common. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, very common ; Europe, Asia 

 Minor to Syria, N. Africa; 6-8. Larva dull green ; dorsal line 

 darker ; spiracular whitish ; anal points whitish or pink ; head 

 green : on grasses ; 8-5. 



3. E. hyperanthus, L. 40-46 mm. Forewings dark fuscous ; 

 one to three usually indistinct small black pale-ringed spots 

 posteriorly. Hindwings dark fuscous, with one or two similar 

 spots, sometimes white-centred. Wings beneath fuscous, yellow- 

 ish-tinged ; forewings with one to three, hindwings with five 

 or six posterior black white-centred round spots, ringed with 

 pale ochreous-yellowish ; these are sometimes reduced to whitish 

 dots or almost wholly obsolete. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland (except N.), in woods, local, common 

 in S. England ; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia, Japan ; 7, 8. Larva 

 ochreous to pale brown-grey ; dorsal line dark brown ; lateral 

 pale, darker-edged ; subspiracular whitish ; head ochreous, 

 brownish-marked : on grasses in damp shady places; 9-6. 



5. Erebia, Balm. 

 Eyes glabrous. Club of antennae abrupt. 



