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centre and three smaller ones on the costa near the apex. Hind 
wings with three whitish central spots and a smaller one near the 
base. All the wings have a marginal row of faint light spots ; the 
fringes are brown and white. Under side : Fore wings blackish 
brown chequered with white. Hind wings greenish red, with a 
basal and a central whitish band ; the inner margin dull white. 
PI. LXXVIII., 4. 
Times of Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — Waste places, &c., in the South of Europe; Algeria, 
Northern Asia Minor, and Syria. 
Larva. — Yellowish grey, with a reddish dorsal line, and with 
two red spots on the head. Feeds on Fhlomis in April and May. 
2. — S. Tessellum, Hiib. 469-70 ; 0. iv. 1, 157 ; Ramb. Faun. 
Andal. pi. 8, 1, 2. 
Expands from 1*25 to 1*30 in. Somewhat resembles Proto 
above, but is larger, and its colouring is darker brown, without 
any green tinge ; the spots are whiter and more distinct, the 
marginal rows of spots being well defined. Under side brown, 
with a greenish tinge. Fore wings with two rows of oblong white 
spots, besides a white discal spot and another on the costa near 
the apex. Hind wings with a white central band and faintly white 
hind marginal and basal spot ; fringes of all the wings black and 
white. PI. LXXVIII., 5. 
Times of Appearance. — May and August. 
Habitat. — Meadows in South Russia, Turkey, Asia Minor, 
and Persia. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
3. — S. Cribrellum, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1841, p. 25 ; Fit. 349, 1 ; 
H. S. 12, 13. 
Expands from 1 to 1*10 in. Ground colour blackish brown. 
Fore wings greenish towards the base ; the white spots distinct on 
all the wings. Hind wings with a central white band, as well as a 
submarginal row of white spots. Under side : Fore wings white, 
with a black blotch towards the base, a grey discal spot surrounded 
