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blotch much larger, sometimes reaching the costa, and not so 
distinctly divided by the nervules ; the hind wings are not so 
dentate, and beneath they are variegated with white, but have 
the basal half brown ; there is a submarginal brownish yellow 
band containing a row of light spots, the hind margin brown. 
PI. LXXIV., 2. 
Time of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Eoadsides, heaths, waste places, &c., throughout 
Europe, excepting the north-east ; Asia Minor and Armenia. It is 
common in Britain (the Large Heath). 
Larva. — Greyish green, with a darker dorsal line ; lateral lines 
light grey ; head brown. On grasses in May and June. 
7.— E. Pasiphae, Esp. 67, 4 (1781), 97, 1 ; Htlb. 167-9 ; 0. i. 1, 
214; Godt. ii. 18, 6, 7. 
Expands from 1‘30 to 1*75 in. Wings dark brown; the male 
has the fore wings with a submarginal fulvous band ; near the 
apex is an oval black spot, with two bluish-white pupils. Hind 
wings with a similar band, on which are three or four black spots. 
Female similar, except that the fore wings are fulvous throughout, 
and two of the spots on the hind wings have bluish-white centres. 
Under side : Fore wings much as in Tithonus, but brighter fulvous, 
and the costa and hind margins are darker brown. Hind wings 
dark brown, without any white mottling ; there is a central cream- 
coloured band, and between this and the hind margin a row of five 
black spots, surrounded by yellow rings, and with white centres. 
PI. LXXIV., 3. 
Time of Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — Dry, slightly wooded places in the South of France, 
Spain and Portugal, and Algeria. 
Larva. — Light brown, with reddish lateral line and a broad 
dark brown dorsal stripe. On grasses in May. 
