CCENONTMPHA.— EEEBIA. 
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The larva feeds on BhyncJiospora alha^ and has been described by Newman, 
'British Buttei-fiies,' p. 100, and by Buckler, 'Larva) of British Buttei-flies 
and Moths,' i. p. 35. 
M. Alpheraky (Rom. sur Lep. v. pp. 118-121) records the following species 
from North-western China : Coenonijmpha sinica, Alph. ; Ccenonympha imvonia^ 
Alph. 
Genus EREBIA. 
Erebia, Dalman, Sveiisk. Handl, 181G, p. 58; Westwood, Gen, Diurn. Lep. p. 37G 
(1851). 
" Body moderately robust, hairy ; wings generally black or dark brown, the anterior often with 
one or more fulvous or red patches near the extremity, bearing ocelli. 
" Head moderately-sized, clothed with very long hairs, 
" Eyes prominent, lateral, naked ; the anterior half differently coloured from the posterior in 
dried specimens. 
" Lahial paJjii porrected obliquely ; the tips ascending higher than the level of the tops of the 
eyes, and reaching further in front than the length of the head ; very densely clothed with 
long hairs, extending in front at right angles and almost concealing the terminal joint, 
which is slender, short, and villose. 
'^Antenna' not half the length of the fore wings, slender, the joints scarcely distinct, terminated 
by an oval, rather short, but gradually formed club, which in some species (i?/jui("j//(c, &c ) is 
short, broad, and spoon-shaped ; its basal portion hollowed within, but its extremity curved 
outward and obtuse, 
" Thorax short, oval, very hairy. 
" Fore trini/s triangularly ovate, entire, and convex along the apical margin. The costal margin 
but slightly arched ; apical angle rounded. Apical margin about three fourths of the 
length of the costal ; hinder angle rounded. Inner margin scarcely as long as the apical, 
nearly straight. Costal vein extending rather beyond the middle of the costa, slightly 
swollen at the base, or not thicker than the rest. Postcostal vein slender ; its first and 
second branches arising before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell (the second 
sometimes close to it, or even slightly beyond it, as in Epistigne) ; the third and fourth 
■branches free, arising at a greater or less distance apart, beyond the cell. Upper disco- 
cellular vein generally obliterated (in Blandina it is, however, present, but very short and 
transverse); middle discocellular shorter than the outer one, but rather variable in its 
direction (being shorter, straight, and transverse in Epistiijne, whilst it is arched in Blandina): 
outer discocellular vein considerably longer, nearly straight, but oblique, its extremity being 
directed towards the apical margin, closing the discoidal cell almost transversely nearly at 
the middle of the wing ; uniting with the third branch of the median vein at a shorter 
distance from its base than exists between the first and second branches ; the third branch 
being angulated at the place of junction, beyond which it is nearly straight. The median 
and postmedian veins not dilated at the base. 
" Hind ivivrjs suboval, entire along the anal margin. The outer margin also entire, or but 
slightly scalloped; beneath often irarked with dark freckles, with a broader dark sub- 
