NEP TIS - VA NESS A . 
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2. — N. Aceris, Lepechin, i, 203, t. 17, 5, 6 (1768-70) ; Esp. 81, 
3, 4 ; 0. I., 1, 136 ; B. Ic. 18, 2. 
Sappho, Pall. Eels (1771). 
Plautilla, Hiib. 99, 100. 
Expands from 1*25 to 2-25 in., being more variable in size 
than K. Liicilla. All the wings black as in Lucilla, from wbicli it 
differs in the markings ; the fore wings have the white basal streak 
very distinct, the central row of spots more evenly and regularly 
placed than in the last, and near the hind margin is a row of small 
white spots. Hind wings pearly grey at the bases, with a broad 
central white band not divided into spots by the nervures ; beneath 
this is a narrower second band divided into five or six oblong white 
spots. Under side : — Markings of fore wings as above, but the 
ground colour is light reddish brown ; the inner margins pearly 
grey. Hind wings reddish brown, with two white bands as above, 
but between them a narrow white line and another external to 
them, both running parallel to the lower band ; there is a streak 
of white on the costa near the base and another below it and 
parallel to it. PI. XXXVIII., 3. 
Times op Appearance. — June, July and August. 
Habitat. — Moist woods and shaded river-banks in South- 
Eastern Germany, Hungary, North-Eastern Turkey, the South- 
East of Eussia, Central Asia, the Amur, and Japan. Scarce and 
local in Europe, from the Western parts of which it is quite 
absent. 
Larva. — Eeddish brown, with a paler lateral line ; the 3rd, 4th, 
and 11th segments have two spiny tubercles. Feeds on Orohus 
vernus in the spring, and again in July. 
Genus 3. — VANESSA, Fab. 111. Mag. vi. 281 (1807) ; Lat. Enc. 
Meth. ix. p. 10 (1819). 
PoLYGONiA, Eugonia, et Inachis, Hub. Verz. bek. 
Schmett. pp. 36, 37 (1816). 
Araschnia, Grapta, Vanessa, et Pyrameis, Auctorum. 
Characters. — Larva cylindrical, covered with long spines ; 
often gregarious, at least through some of their stages. 
