CGENONYMPIIA. 
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Scandinavia, but not in tlie British Islands, nor in the south of 
the Spanish peninsula ; it is absent also from the south-east of 
France, but occurs in Asia Minor and Armenia. 
Laeva. — Smooth, bright green, with a blackish green dorsal 
line, and with four lateral lines of pale yellow bordered with a 
deeper shade of the same colour ; the head, legs and caudal points 
are green. It feeds on different grasses, especially on Melica 
ciliata. In the middle of May it changes to a reddish brown pupa, 
without angles or tubercles, and rather rounded in shape. It is 
suspended. 
VARIETY. 
a. Darwiniana, Stgr. Cat. 1871, p. 32. Arcanues var.. Hub. 
186-7, vi. p. 169. — Somewhat smaller than the type, and has the 
white band on the under side of the hind wings narrower, and of 
the same width throughout. PL LXXV., 5. 
Habitat. — Alpine regions at low elevations in Switzerland, 
North Italy, and France. A transitional form between the present 
species and the next. 
6. — C. Satyrion, Esp. 122, 2 ; 0. i. 1, 322 ; Frr. 367, 1, 2 ; 
H. S. 289-90. 
Philea, Hiib. 254-5 (nomen vetustius sed Philea, L. alius 
erat ■papilio). 
Expands from 0-80 to 1*15 in. Much smaller than the last. 
The wings above are generally dull brown. The female sometimes 
is tinged with fulvous towards the hind margins of the fore wings. 
Under side resembles that of the last, but the ground colour 
is duller. On the hind wings the white band is broader in 
proportion, and is of the same width throughout; the ocellated 
spots are placed in the band, and are well defined ; the hind 
margin is reddish orange, with a narrow leaden line. PI. LXXV., 6. 
Time of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Elevated mountain meadows in Switzerland, the 
Tyrol, North Italy, and Central France. 
Obs. — Probably an alpine variety of the last, and so described 
in Staudinger’s Catalogue. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
