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SATYRIDM. 
from the costa, where it has the appearance of a prolongation of 
the hand on the upper wing, and reaching to the anal angle. The 
abdominal space is lighter than the ground colour of the rest of 
the wing. Under side : Fore wings mottled with brown and grey, 
with the hand of white spots as above, the upper one containing a 
white-centred black spot ; between this band and the base, in the 
discoidal cell, is a black spot, with a white one on each side of it. 
Hind wings mottled with grey ; the central white band as above, 
but somewhat narrower, and sharply defined along its basal edge ; 
between this and the base is a broad white streak originating at the 
costa and terminating at the median nervure ; between this point 
and the white hand is an oval grey blotch. The sexes are similar in 
colour and markings ; but the female is as a rule much the larger, 
and has the markings more strongly expressed. PI. LXVI., 2. 
Time of Appeaeance. — From the middle of June to the end of 
August, according to the altitude of its locality. 
Habitat. — Central and Southern Germany, and Switzerland ; 
the South of France, and South Europe generally (excepting 
Andalusia and Sicily) ; Asia Alinor, and Armenia. It is generally 
found on rocky hill-sides and dry bushy places, settling on rocks 
and tree-trunks, and is very difficult to capture. It is the finest 
and largest species of the family SaUjridce, and indeed is to be 
placed among the largest European butterflies, some female 
specimens reaching nearly three and a half inches in expanse. 
Lakva. — Smooth, of a yellowish brown colour, with a lateral 
stripe of bluish or greenish grey ; there is a dorsal stripe of the 
same colour, edged with whitish and dark brown ; head striped 
with blackish brown ; stigmata black ; ventral surface dark brown, 
with a narrow whitish stripe between the stigmata and the legs ; 
anal extremity bifid, and yellowish brown. 
Pupa. — Smooth and fusiform, very pointed at the anal 
extremity ; dark reddish brown, the wing-cases spotted with yellow. 
The larva feeds at night on various grasses, Lolium perenne, &c. ; 
in the daytime it hides under stones. The pupa is not suspended, 
l)ut rests in a slight hollow in the ground. The larva is full fed in 
May. PL LXXVI., 4. 
