Plate II. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swainson_.
GENUS. HIPPARCHIA, _Fabr._ Satyrus, _Latr. et God._ Papilio (Danai
Festivi), _Drury_.
HIPPARCHIA EUMEA. Alis integris subfuscis, anticis utrinque strigâ latâ
fulvâ, subtus serie communi punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Eumeus, _Drury, App. to v._ 2. (1773).
_Cramer, pl._ 183. _fig._ C. D.
Pap. (Nymphal.) Gripus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 149. _No._ 457.
_Herbst. Pap. tab._ 135. _No._ 3. 4.
Satyrus Gripus, _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth. v._ ix. _p._ 497. _No._ 70.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_). India (_Fabricius_).
_Upper Side._ The wings are entire, and of a deep brown, with a broad
luteous fascia, rising near the anterior edges of the fore wings, running
along near the tips, and ending at the external margin.
_Under Side._ The wings are the same colours as on the upper side. The
anterior, with five whitish spots on each, placed in a row, near the
external margin. The posterior have on each sometimes five, and sometimes
seven spots, of the same colour, placed in a circular row, meeting near
the extremity of the body.
I have reverted to the name given by Drury, in preference to following
Fabricius, and the authors of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.