SATYRUS. 
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Larva. — Unknown. 
Obs. — Dr. Staudinger, who first described this species, now 
considers it specifically distinct from the Asiatic S. Pelopea, of 
which he at one time thought it a variety ; he has supplied me with 
the specimens figured in this work. 
9. — S. Amalthea, Friv. Magy. Ac. 1845 ; Stgr. Hor. 1870, p. 68. 
PoNTicA, Frr. 475, 2, 3 (Jan. 1846) ; Butl. Cat. 51. 
Anthelea ( S ), H. S. 303-4. 
Telephassa, var. h. Amalthea, Stgr. Cat. 1871, p. 28. 
Expands from 2‘0 to 2‘25 in. Wings in both sexes dark 
brown, with white bands ; the marginal fringes are brown and 
white. The male has the hind margin of the fore wings somewhat 
concave, and the apex rather pointed ; the suhmargiual white band 
is narrowed towards the apex, and is widest at the centre of the 
wing ; it encloses a large round black spot at its widest part, and 
another smaller one is placed external to it near the apex ; in the 
discoidal area is a well-marked oblong black spot or dash ; the 
hind wings are slightly dentate, and have a slight angular 
projection ; near the anal angle there is a central white band, 
fading off into an orange-colour along its hind-marginal edge ; 
near the anal angle is a small black spot. In the female the hind 
margin of the fore wings is straight ; the submarginal white band 
is broader than in the other sex ; it is dilated at its apical end so 
as to include the black spot, which is larger than in the male, and 
sometimes has a white centre ; the discoidal black spot is wanting ; 
the hind wings are more rounded than in the male, and are without 
angular projections ; the white and orange band is broader, and 
the spot near the anal angle longer. Under side : Fore wings dull 
white, the costa, apex, and hind margin brownish grey ; the two 
black spots are very conspicuous ; hind wings mottled with 
brownish grey, with a central white band, and between this and 
the hind margin an indistinct orange one. PI. LXVIII., 2. 
Time of Appearance. — June. 
Habitat. — Greece, and the southern part of Turkey. 
Obs. — This is by some considered to be a variety of the Syrian 
S. Telephassa, Hub., which resembles it in all respects, except that 
