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HESPERIDM. 
Pupa more or less rounded anteriorly, and elongate and conical 
towards the caudal extremity. Enclosed in a slight cocoon. 
Imago. — Club of antennse pyriform, not curved. Palpi widely 
separated, hairy, the last articulation smooth and short. Head 
somewhat smaller than the thorax, which is very broad. Abdomen 
reaching slightly beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with trans- 
parent or glassy spots, the costa curved in the male. Hind wings 
dentate. 
The species of this genus are few, and, with the exception of 
one which occurs in Mexico, are confined to the Palsearctic region. 
1. — S. Alcese, Esp. 51, 3 (1780), i. 2, p. 4. 
Mal VARUM, Hffsgg. 111. Mag. hi. p. 198 (1804) ; 0. i. 2, 195. 
Malvze, Hiib. 450-1 {Malme, L., alia est species). 
Expands from IHO to 1"30 in. Dark brown, with a reddish 
tinge. Fore wings with an obscure dark central band ; on the 
outer half of the wing four transparent white spots. Hind wings 
brown, with three darker bands. Under side : Fore wings as 
above, but lighter. Hind wings with a central square white spot 
and two or three smaller ones towards the base : hind margin with 
white and brown spots. PI. LXXVIII., 1. 
Times of Appearance. — June and Augnst. 
Habitat. — Central and Southern Europe (except Denmark and 
England), North Africa, Western Asia, and Siberia. It frequents 
places where mallows grow. 
Larva. — Pubescent, dark grey, with two lighter lateral lines ; 
the head is black, and the first segment marked with four yellow 
points. It feeds spun up in the leaves of different species of 
Malvaceae. Times of appearance. May and September. Those 
appearing in the autumn hybernate in the hollow stems of thistles 
and burdocks (Girard). PI. LXXX., 1. 
VARIETY. 
Australis, L. Is. 1847, p. 285. — Smaller than the type, and 
suffused to a greater extent with reddish brown. 
Habitat. — The South of Europe. 
