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XYMPHALW.E. 
Imago of medium size ; discoidal cell of fore wings open (in 
Li men it is it is closed) ; hind margin of fore wings not concave, hut 
rather rounded. Hind wings slightly dentate along the hind 
margin. Wings longer in shape than those of Linicnitis, and 
though in colour and the general character of their markings they 
greatly resemble those of that genus, they differ in having white 
basal spots or streaks on the fore wings. 
Most of the species are found in the tropical and snb-tropical 
regions of the Old World, principally in India. Two occur in 
Europe, and a few in the Amur. 
1. — N. Lucilla, S. V. p. 173; Fab. Mant. 55 ; Hub. 101-2; Err. 
B. 13; 0. I. 1, 38. 
Camilla, Esp. 59, 1. (Nec Linn.). 
Eivulaeis, Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 165 (1763). 
Sappho, Kirby Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 239. 
Expands from 1-75 to 2 in. All the wings hrownish hlack, 
much the same as in L. SyhiUa. Fringes black and white. Fore 
wings with a I'ow of white spots arranged much as in SyhiUa, but 
they are rather larger and more banded ; there is an indistinct 
basal streak sometimes absent, and outside this one or two white 
spots. Hind wings with one broad white band running straight 
across the centre and divided into seven spots by the nervures. 
Under side marked as above, but the ground colour is reddish 
brown, and there are some indistinct whitish spots along the hind 
margin. PI. XXXVIII., 2. 
Time of Appeakance.^ — June and July. 
Habitat. — Damp woods in Eastern and South-Eastern 
Europe (but not in the Balcaus) ; it occurs in Piedmont and in the 
Swiss Canton Tessin. It is also found in Western Asia and the 
Altai. Local, not common. 
Larva. — According to Freyer reddish brown, yellowish later- 
ally ; four of the segments have each two thick spines. It feeds 
on Spine a Sal id folia in June. 
