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SATYRIDM. 
8. — E. Hyperanthus, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 471 ; Faun. Suec. 
273; Esp. 5, 1, 57, 2; 0. i. 1, 225; Godt. i. 7, 3 
{Satyrus, H.). 
PoLYMEDA, Hiib. 172-3. 
Aphantopus Hyperanthus, Wallengr, Scand. Ehop. p. 31. 
Enodia Hyperanthus, Steph. 
Minois Hyperanthus, Butl. 
Expands from 1-60 to 1*75 in. All the wings dark brown, 
in the male nearly black, in the female paler ; there is a sub- 
marginal row of black spots on all the wings centred with white, 
and surrounded by yellowish rings ; their number is variable, but 
there is generally from one to three on the fore wings, and two or 
three on the hind wings. Under side lighter brown ; the fore 
wings have three black submarginal spots in yellow rings, two 
of them having white centres. Hind wings with five spots, 
yellow ringed and white-centred ; marginal fringes whitish. PI. 
LXXIV., 4. 
Time of Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — Woods throughout Central and Northern Europe, 
excepting the Polar Kegions ; Piedmont, Dalmatia, Asia Minor, 
Armenia, the Altai, and the Amur. Generally distributed in the 
British Isles (the Einglet). 
Larva. — Eeddish or greenish grey, dorsal line darker ; two 
lateral lines of a yellowish colour. In May and June on grasses, 
especially Poa annua. 
VARIETY. 
Arete (ab.), Miil. Fn. Fr. p. 36; 0. i. 1, 288. Hijperanthus, 
var. Esp. 57, 3, 4; Frr. 290-2. — An aberration in which the black 
spots and yellow rings are entirely wanting on the under side, only 
the white spots being present. This is the most usual form of 
Arete, but all kinds of intermediate stages occur, and occasionally 
even the white spots are absent. This aberration is found in the 
same localities as the type ; it is sometimes taken in the British 
Isles, but is not so common here as on the Continent. PI. 
LXXIV., 5. 
