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3. — M. Larissa, H.-G. 896-9 ; Fit. B. 73, 1 ; Boisd. Ic. 28, 4, 6; 
Bup. i. 26, 1-4. 
Expands from 1’50 to 2'0 in. Marginal fringes black and 
white. All the wings with the ground colour creamy white ; bases 
broadly dark brown ; hind margins broadly dark brown or black, 
with a row of white spots. Fore wings with two large confluent 
black spots in the centre of the costa. Hind wings with two or 
three indistinct ocellated spots in the black border, formed by 
white rings enclosing black ones, with blue or white pupils. 
Under side : Fore wings somewhat as in the under side of 
Galatea, the dusky basal patches seen on the upper surface not 
appearing. Hind wings with a central band of clear white 
spots edged with dark brown or black ; hind-marginal band much 
fainter than above, and with five ocellated black and white spots. 
PL LVI., 1. 
Time of Appeakance. — June. 
Habitat. — The Balkan Provinces, and Asia Minor. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
VARIETY. 
Hertha, H.-G. 900-3; Boisd. Ic. 28, 1, 3; Tr. x. 1, 39. — 
On the under side this variety resembles the typical form described 
above ; but above it is much lighter and more resembles Galatea on 
the one hand, and lapygia on the other. The bases have not the 
broad dusky patches seen in the type, but, as in the allied species, 
have black markings enclosing large white spots ; the hind margins 
are without the broad dark bands, but have them somewhat as in 
Galatea, the white spots being triangular. It may be distinguished 
from Galatea by the blue centres of the hind-marginal eyes, by the 
white central band on the under side of the hind wings, and by the 
average size of the insect being greater. The broad hind-marginal 
band on the under side of the hind wings will distinguish it at first 
sight from the next species. 
Habitat. — Dalmatia and Greece; not occurring so far eastward 
as the type. Pi. LV., 5. 
