SATYRUS. 
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4. — S. Briseis, L. Mus. Lud. Ul. 276; Syst. Nat. xii. 770; 
Hiib. 130-1 ; 0. i. 1, 170 ; Godt. i. 7, 1 ; Fit. 481 ; 
H. S. 180, 1. 
Expands from 1-75 to 2-50 in. Wings dark brown. Fore 
wings with a submarginal row of six white spots placed in the 
spaces between the nervules ; the first of these spots has in the 
centre a round black spot, sometimes with a white pupil ; a similar 
spot is found in the fourth white spot, whilst the third sometimes 
also bears a black dot ; the costa is yellowish white. Hind wings 
brown, with a central white band, which is not very sharply defined 
along the margins ; there are some very indistinctly marked 
marginal lunules. Under side : Fore wings brown, with a very 
broad yellowish white submarginal band, on which are the two 
black spots seen above ; the whole area of the discoidal cell is 
whitish grey, and just at the junction of its middle with its outer 
third is a black semilunar spot with its convex side turned 
outwards. Hind wings dark grey, with an indistinct central band 
of a lighter colour ; hind margins also somewhat lighter. Mar- 
ginal fringes of all the wings light brown, and in some lights 
iridescent. Head and thorax dark brown, abdomen somewhat 
lighter. Antennae brown, with black clubs. The female has a 
much greater expanse of wings than the male. PI. LXVI., 3. 
Times of Appeakance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Germany, Central and Southern France, Switzer- 
land, the South of Europe generally, North Africa, Asia Minor, 
Armenia, and Persia. It frequents dry hill-sides, grassy places, 
and woods where there is much herbage ; thus, like many others 
of the Satyridce, being very varied in its habitat. 
Laeva. — Grey, with three dorsal lines of a darker and 
lateral stripes of a lighter colour ; ventral surface lighter, the head 
rather redder grey. It feeds on various grasses in May, being full- 
fed by the beginning or middle of June. 
VARIETY. 
a. Pirata ( ? ), Esp. 100, 3 ; Hiib. 604-5. — Differs from the type 
above merely in the colour of the light bands, which are dull ochre- 
yellow instead of white ; beneath, the hind wings are much less 
