HIPPARCHIA STATILINUS.
Plate II.—Fig. 7.
This is a brown butterfly common in many parts of Southern and Central Europe, though not found in England. It is a rare insect in Teneriffe, and is only met with high up in the mountains, chiefly at Vilaflor, and on the south part of the island, about July and August. It measures in expanse from two to three inches, and is of a uniform brown colour, having a few white markings, which vary much in different specimens, on the fore-wings. Two large brown spots are seen at the outer margin of each fore-wing, interspersed with small white spots. The hind-wings are brown, shading to lighter colour at the base. The under-side is prettily mottled, and streaked with grey-brown, the two dark spots seen on the margin being well defined. The larva and chrysalis have not been observed.