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SATYRIDM. 
flyers, and somewhat difficult to capture ; they mostly frequent dry 
grassy places, hill-sides, &c., and are generally very local in their 
habitats. 
1. — M. Galatea, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 474, xii. 772; Esp. 7, 3, 
25, 1 ; Hub. 183-5 ; 0. i. 1, 242. 
Expands from 1-75 to 2*25 in. Wings pale yellowish white, 
with black markings ; hind margins black, with a row of semilunar 
white spots ; marginal fringes black and white. Fore wings black 
at the base, and with a large black spot having an irregular 
rectangular outline, beginning near the costa and extending to the 
centre of the wing. Hind wings black at the base, and with a 
central irregular black band ; along the hind-marginal black band, 
near the anal angle, are three spots, most clearly marked in the 
female, and having blue ocelli. Under side : Fore wings as above, 
but there is a black spot with a white ocellus near the apex. Hind 
wings without the basal black markings seen above ; the central 
band grey, outlined with black ; the hind-marginal band is grey, 
with a row of well-marked ocellated spots. PL LV., 1. 
Time of Appearance. — June to August. 
Habitat. — Dry chalky or limestone localities throughout 
Central and Southern Europe, except the Spanish Peninsula ; in 
Britain it is local, but, where it occurs, abundant ; it also occurs in 
Armenia. The flight of this species is, unlike that of some of its 
congeners, feeble and short ; the butterfly is therefore easy to 
capture. It is very liable to be infested by an Acarus, of a bright 
red colour, of the genus Scirus, which fastens itself firmly to the 
thorax and abdomen of the insect, sometimes in such numbers as 
to considerably retard its movements. I have frequently found 
mites, probably of the same species, on other Satyridce, such as 
Satijrus Semele, Epinepliele Hyper anthus, and the Erehice. 
Larva. — Head round and reddish brown ; body green, with 
darker dorsal and lateral stripes ; beneath the lateral streak, along 
the course of the spiracles, is a taintly marked reddish line. 
Pupa. — Brown, marked with whitish on the head and 
wing-cases. The larva feeds on grasses in April and May. 
PI. LXXVI., 1. 
