EREBIA. 
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(Girard). This is probably one of the most common and widely 
distributed species of the genus, and is perhaps often passed over 
by collectors on account of its general resemblance to E. jEthiops. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
12. — E. Nerine, Frr. 13, 3, 4; Boisd. Ic. 31, 6, 7 ; Tr. x. 1, 49; 
Dup. i. 35, 5, 6; H. S. 69, 74. 
Expands from 1*90 to 2-20 in. All the wings dark brown. 
Fore wings with a well-defined submarginal fulvous band extending 
nearly to the inner margin, enclosing two large coalescent black 
spots near the apex, each having a consiDicuous bluish white pupil; 
the third spot, which is placed nearer to the anal angle, is much 
smaller, but has a distinct white centre ; hind wings with a distinct 
submarginal fulvous band containing three black spots of equal 
size, and with bluish white centres. Under side : Fore wings 
fulvous, the hind margin and costa brown, the ocellated spots as 
above ; hind wings mottled with dark brown and greyish white, 
with an indistinct dark central band. 
The female is lighter in colour than the male above, and 
beneath there is a nearly white central band on the hind wings, 
which are altogether lighter than those of the male ; the outline of 
the wings is more dentated than in the other sex. PI. LX., 2. 
Times of Appearance. — A ugust and September. 
Habitat. — A very local species, being only found in alpine 
meadows at a great elevation in South-Eastern Germany and the 
Tyrol. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Reichlini, H. S. Corr. Inst. Nr. p. 5 ; Spr. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 
1865, 243. — Differs from the type in having the fore wings blackish 
brown instead of fulvous beneath, and in having a small ocellated 
spot above the two large ones near the apex ; the hind wings are 
darker, and without brownish white markings. PL LX., 3. 
Habitat. — The South of Bavaria, and the Tyrol. (Perhaps a 
local form of E. Evias). 
h. Morula, Spr. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1865, p. 248. — Smaller and 
darker than the type, the under side being of a uniform colour. 
Habitat. — Elevated meadows in the Tyrol. 
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