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Under side similar to the upper surface, but paler ; the fulvous 
spots are distinct, and do not coalesce as above. This species may 
be distinguished from the last by the greater regularity and 
distinctness of the fulvous spots, which, though they are coalescent, 
appear as distinct fulvous rings surrounding the black ocelli ; the 
ground colour of the wings is lighter, and in the male shows a 
tendency to greenish reflections in certain lights. The black 
ocellated spots are more numerous in the female than in the male ; 
there are generally six on the fore wings in that sex, the two nearest 
the apex being the largest. PI. LIX., 3. 
Times of Appeakance. — May and June. 
Habitat. — Elevated woods and occasionally in wooded plains 
in Central and Southern Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland; 
in France it appears to he found in almost all the departments to 
the extreme east, especially in the Vosges and the neighbourhood 
of the Jura ; it also occurs in Scandinavia and in South Russia. 
Lakva. — Pubescent, clear green, with a dorsal band and three 
lateral lines of a stronger green ; the dorsal hand is bordered on 
each side by an edging of greenish white ; besides this there is a 
line of the same colour along the legs, which are green, as also is 
the head and the caudal points (Girard). Lives on Paniciim 
sanguinale, and is full fed in May. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Psodea, Hiib. 497-9; Boisd. Ic. 34, 3, 4; Biip. 1, 40, 1, 2. — 
Eumenis, Err. 85, 4, 5. — The ocelli are larger and more numerous 
than in the type. 
Habitat. — Eastern Hungary, South Russia, Bulgaria, and 
Asia Minor. 
h. Uralensis, Stand. Cat. p. 24. — The ocellated spots are 
smaller and less numerous than in the type, and the hind wings 
are banded with a lighter colour. 
Habitat. — The Ural Mountains and Siberia. 
c. Polaris, Stand. Cat. p. 24. — Emhla, H. S. 382-3. — Smaller 
than the type, and darker. 
Habitat. — North Lapland. 
d. Hypomedusa, Meyer-Bilr. Tgf. p. 163. — ? Lefehvrei, H. S. 
