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11. C. Myrmidone, Esp. G5, 1, 2; Hiib. 432-3; Dup. i. 14; 
H.-S. 393-4. 
Expands from 1-50 to 1-90 in. The male has all the wings of 
a very brilliant orange, with hind marginal black borders, which are 
rather narrow, especially on the hind wings ; these borders are 
finely dotted with yellow scales, very rarely those on the fore 
wings are, and have fine yellow veins running across them towards 
the apex of the wing. The fore wings have a black discoidal spot. 
The hind wings have their inner margins greenish yellow, and have 
likewise an orange discoidal spot, which is not very conspicuous, 
being very nearly of the same colour as the wings. The female is 
somewhat larger than the male ; the fore wings have a larger 
discoidal spot, and the hind-marginal border, which is wider and 
has a row of yellow spots, similar in colour to those in C. Clmjso- 
theme, female, but having the following arrangement : — Beginning 
at the costa there are five spots, always well defined ; the two 
nearest the costa very narrow, the other three rounder ; below this 
row and nearer to the anal angle are two or three more spots of the 
same colour, situated well within the black border, and not touching 
its edge. The hind wings have a more yellowish tint than those 
of the male, but have not the greenish cast that we see in 
C. Chrysotlieme, female ; the hind marginal band has a row of large 
square yellow spots, reaching quite to its inner edge, and sometimes 
obliterating it. Under side as in the allied species, but the discoidal 
spot of the fore wings has a light centre ; that of the hind wings is 
very large and pearly. Head, antennse, legs, &c., as in the other 
species. PI. XIII., 4. 
Times of Appearance. — May and August, the insect being 
double-brooded. 
Habitat. — South and Eastern Germany, Hungary, Turkey, 
Russia, Asia Minor, the southern part of Siberia, Turkestan, and 
Northern India ; frequenting meadows. It does not occur in the 
north or west of Europe. 
Larva green, with the dorsal vessel showing through as a 
darker stripe, laterally there is a light green streak ; the surface is 
covered with short black hairs growing from minute tubercular 
elevations. It is said to feed on Cistus, and thus departs from the 
