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Habitat. — Elevated alpine meadows only in France in the 
following localities in the department of Basses Alpes : the neigh- 
bourhood of Digne and Barcelonette, the meadows of Ozgiosse, 
Larche, Malmorte, &c. (Girard). 
17. — E. Epistygne, Hub. Verz. p. 62 (1816) ; Boisd. Ic. 31, 1-2 ; 
Hiib. 855-8 ; Tr. x. 1, 45. 
Stygne, Hiib. 639 (post 1807) ; Err. 49, 1. (Stijgiie, 0. 
(1807) alia est species). 
Expands from 1-50 to 1-70 in. Wings dark brown. Fore wings 
with a broad submarginal band of a light yellowish brown, divided 
into six by the nervures ; the three upper spaces contain each a 
round black spot with a white pupil ; the fourth has a small blind 
spot in the female, but is without a spot in the male ; the fifth 
space has a small black spot, which in the female has a minute 
white central dot ; the sixth space is fulvous, and generally has a 
black dot in both sexes, but is often without ; between the sub- 
marginal band and the base is a yellowish mark on the costa. 
Hind wings dark brown, with a deep fulvous submarginal band 
divided into six parts by the nervures ; four or five of these spaces 
contain white-centred black spots. Under side : Fore wings deep 
rich brown, tinged with dusky towards the inner margin ; costa 
and hind margin edged with grey ; near the apex are two or three 
white-centred black spots and an obscure brown spot near the anal 
angle ; near the centre of the wing is an irregularly-triangular 
dusky mark. Hind wings dark brown, crossed by numerous 
greyish white lines, having a direction parallel to the hind margin ; 
two of these are somewhat broader than the rest, and enclose a 
central band of brown slightly darker than the rest of the wing ; 
near the hind margin is a row of three or four very indistinct 
black dots. PL LXL, 5. 
Times of Appeaeance. — March and April. 
Habitat. — Only in the south-east corner of France, in the 
provinces of Dauphine and Provence, the chief locality being the 
dry hills in the neighbourhood of Aix. It is easy to take, on 
account of its dull heavy flight, and continues on the wing only 
for a short time. 
