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wing being almost entirely white, whilst the hind marginal part is 
dark grey ; a wavy black line rims across the centre of the wing ; 
internal to this is a blackish streak, and near the base is another 
black line ; the central black line has a broad whitish band 
accompanying it throughout its whole length ; there is a sub- 
marginal narrow black line, and near the anal angle is a small 
black spot with a white centre. Marginal fringes of the fore wings 
brown and white, those of the hind wings white. PI. LXX., 3. 
Time of Appeaeance. — July. 
Habitat. — The South of France, Spain, and Italy ; frequenting 
hilly calcareous districts. 
Laeva. — Elongate, fusiform, and smooth, except the head and 
the last segment, which are furnished with short white hairs. In 
colour it is reddish grey, marked with longitudinal lines ; the 
dorsal line is dark brown, very fine on the first and last segments, 
but thicker in the middle ; the subdorsal is fine and nearly black, 
thickest on the last segment, it has a broad edging of yellow 
throughout ; the stigmatal line is broad and yellow, edged with 
brown below ; ventral surface and legs light brown. It feeds on 
grasses of different kinds. Milliere says he has found it most 
often on Piptateriun multiflonm (Milliere, Icon. ii. 413). 
Pupa. — Obtuse, the thorax with a slight projection ; it is 
brown, with the stigmata darker. It is not suspended, but lies free 
on the ground. 
15. — S. Dryas, Sc. Ent. Cam. p. 153 (1763) ; Esp. 40, 1, 2; 
Schn. Syst. B. p. 100; Butl. Cat. 61. 
Ph^dea, Linn. Mus. Ul. p. 280 (1764) ; Syst. Nat. xii. 
773 ; Hiib. 127-9 ; 0. i. 1, 186 ; Oodt. 1, 7 ; Err. 373. 
Expands from 1-75 to 2-25 in. All the wings dark brown; 
fore wings with two large round spots, each having a light blue 
centre ; hind wings with their hind margins somewhat dentate, 
fringes brownish white ; between the third and fourth median 
nervules, near the anal angle, is a small black spot with a bluish 
centre. Under side : Fore wings paler than above, the black spots 
are surrounded by yellow rings ; hind wings light brown, with 
basal and central streaks of greyish white. PL LXX., 4. 
