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have a chain of small white spots of a crescentic shape running 
parallel to the hind margins, but some distance internal to them ; 
these white spots are faint on the fore, and more strongly marked 
on the hind, wings ; between this row of white spots and the hind 
margin is a row of dull orange spots, only seen on the hind wings ; 
outside this is a narrow white line. 
Times of Appearance. — May, June, and September. 
Habitat. — South-Eastern and Central Europe (but not Great 
Britain), Scandinavia, Asia Minor, and Armenia. It frequents 
woods and bushy places. 
Larvae onisciform, of a pale green colour, with yellow streaks 
on the back and sides. The head is black and retractile ; legs 
black. It may be found in April and August on the leaves of the 
oak. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Cerri (female), Htib. 863-6. Has the orange patch on the 
fore wings larger than in the common form of the female. 
h. Esculi (recte JEseuli), Hiib. 559-60. Smaller than the type. 
Fore wings with the white chain of spots nearly or entirely wanting. 
Habitat. — South-Western Europe. This variety of the spe- 
cies replaces the typical form in Spain and the South of France. 
5. T. Acaciae, Fab. Mant. 69; E. S. 299; Hilb. 743. 
Expands 0‘87 to 1 in. The wings are of a uniform brown in 
both sexes ; there is no orange blotch on the fore wing. The hind 
wings have a short tail, tipped with white ; between this and the 
anal angle there are one or two small hind-marginal orange spots. 
The under side has the wings of a lighter colour than above ; the 
fore wings have an indistinct row of whitish spots shaded on their 
inner sides ; the hind wings have a similar row, forming a white 
line which extends from the costa to the inner margin just above 
the anal angle ; the hind margin has a row of orange crescentic spots. 
Time of Appearance. — June. 
Habitat. — South of Europe ; principally South of France, 
Italy, Spain, and South Russia ; also Asia Minor. It frequents 
dry elevated meadows. 
