SYRICHTHUS. 
347 
15.— S. Sao, Hiib. 471-2 (1801) ; Godt. ii. 28, 3, 4. 
Sertoeius, Hffmgg. 111. Mag. iii. 203 (1804) ; 0. i. 2, 
211 ; Fit. 361, 4. 
Expands from 1 to I'lO in. Much resembles Orhifer above, 
but is rather lighter, and the white spots are smaller on all the 
wings. Under side : Fore wings as in the last. Hind wings 
bright reddish brown, with a central row of white spots forming a 
band, and with basal and hind marginal smaller white spots. 
PL LXXXI., 5. 
Times of Appearance. — May and August. 
Habitat. — Dry grassy or rocky places in Central and Southern 
Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Central and Northern Italy, 
Dalmatia, and Turkey. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
varieties. 
a. Eucrate, 0. i. 2, 213 ; Eamb. Cat. S. And. p. 86. — Smaller 
than the type, and paler in colouring beneath. 
Habitat. — The South of Spain, South Italy, and Greece. 
h. Therapne, Ramb. Ann. S. Fr. 1832, pi. 7, 4; Boisd. Ic. 46, 
6, 7 ; Dup. i. 42, 9, 10 ; H. S. 16, 17. — A variety or subspecies 
peculiar to Corsica and Sardinia. Smaller than the type. Expands 
from *85 to 1 in. Wings browner than in the type, the fore wings 
reddish towards the base, the basal portion of the hind wings 
being greenish ; the spots are arranged as in the type, but are 
smaller in proportion, and brownish instead of pure white. 
PL LXXXI., 6. 
Genus 3. — NISONIADES, Hiib. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 108 
(1816); Westw. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 519 (1852). 
Thannaos, Boisd. Gen. Ind. Meth. p. 37 (1840). 
Eeynnis, Schrank. 
Characters. — Larva smooth, thickest in the middle ; the head 
large and contrasting considerably in size with the narrow 
anterior segment. 
Pupa. — Fusiform, with a tubercular elevation on the head, 
and with the abdomen conical and pointed. 
