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SATYRIDyE. 
with two caudal points. They feed on grasses. Pupa slightly 
elongated, somewhat rounded ; suspended by the caudal extremity. 
Ibiago. — Antennae tolerably long, club not very distinct. Palpi 
longer than the head, the articulations hairy. Eyes not hairy. Front 
legs short and very slender, not hairy. The femora of the rest 
smooth beneath in the female. Wings rounded ; hind wings 
moderately dentate, slightly incised on their inner margin near 
the anal angle. The costal and median nervures are equally 
dilated at their origin ; the submedian without any dilatation. 
The fore wings of the male have generally a patch of dense scales 
beneath the median nervure. Prevailing colour of wings dark 
brown, marked with fulvous ; there is at least one ocellated spot 
near the apex of the fore wings. 
Various descriptions of country form their habitats, such as 
meadows, road-sides, heaths, woods, &c. ; but they are not found 
at any elevation in mountainous regions, being rather inhabitants 
of the plains. 
Many of the species are very abundant ; E. Janira is perhaps 
one of the commonest species of European Lepidoptera. About 
thirty species of Epinephele are at present known ; nearly all belong 
to the Palaearctic region, but a few inhabit temperate South America, 
and one occurs in Australia. 
1. — E. Narica, Hiib. 704-7 ; Hiib. Verz. p. 59; Err. 464. 
Expands from 1'60 to 1*80 in. Ground colour of wings 
brown. Fore wings with the central area light fulvous ; the male 
has a round black spot near the apex, and beneath the median 
nervure is a patch of black scales ; this patch is absent in the 
female, but there is a black spot near the anal angle. Hind wings 
uniform brown, the hind margin somewhat dentate, and the fringe 
whitish. Under side similar in both sexes ; fore wings fulvous, 
the costa and hind margin brown mottled with grey ; the apical 
eye has a white centre ; anal eye absent in the female. Hind wings 
greyish brown, with a narrow white central band, and some whitish 
mottling near the base, a submarginal indistinct dark brown line ; 
the neuration is marked with white. PI. LXXIV., 1. 
