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SATYRIDJE. 
grey, strongly speckled with brown. It is found with the type in 
cold and elevated localities, in the mountains, &c. PI. LXXI., 5. 
4. — P. Hiera, Fab. Gen. 262; Hiib. 176; 0. iv. 135; Boisd. Ic. 
44, 1-3 ; Dup. i. 46, 3, 4 ; Wallengren Ehop. Scand. 
p. 25. 
Expands from 1*50 to 1'60 in. Wings dark brown. Fore 
wings with a fulvous patch near the apex ; extending about half-way 
down the wing it encloses a black spot with a white centre, and 
occasionally there are two others smaller ; a few dark lines cross the 
wing from the costa ; hind wings dark brown, with a submarginal 
row of black spots with white centres, and surrounded by fulvous 
rings. Under side very similar to that of Mcera, but generally 
rather darker. PI. LXXIL, 4. 
Like the last, this is a somewhat variable species. 
Time of Appearance. — May to the end of July. 
Habitat. — Alpine regions in Switzerland, but not at very great 
elevations; also Scandinavia, Bulgaria, South Kussia, and Armenia. 
Obs. — This species is intermediate between the last and the 
next ; some specimens greatly resemble small examples of Mcera, 
but on the whole are duller and have the spots proportionately 
larger. 
Larva. — Undescribed. 
5. — P. Megsera, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 771; Esp. 6, 3, 68,4; 
Hiib. 177-8; 0. i. 1, 235. 
Expands from 1’75 to 2 in. Wings fulvous. Fore wings with 
three blackish brown wavy lines running across them from the 
costa towards the inner margin ; hind margins dark brown, the 
basal portion suffused with the same colour ; near the apex is 
a round black spot with a white centre. Hind wings fulvous, the 
hind margins dark brown ; a submarginal row of white-centred 
black spots, four in number, is placed between two dark brown 
lines ; the basal portion dusky. Under side : Fore wings as above, 
ljut the bases are lighter, and the apical white-centred spot is 
surrounded by a yellow ring. Hind wings brownish grey, with 
