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Var. f. Ocelli obliterated; anterior wings immaculate; posterior with three 

 minute white spots. 



Exclusively of the above, there are numerous intermediate varieties in the mag- 

 nitude of the respective ocelli; and the wings are frequently differently 

 ocellated on the left and right sides. There are, no doubt, several other 

 varieties extant, but the above are all that I possess, and have had an oppor- 

 tunity of examining. 



Caterpillar whitish-grey or dusky, with a black line behind ; it subsists chiefly 

 on the annual meadow grass, at the roots of which it resides : the chrysalis is 

 bright brown, with obscure streaks and shades. 



An abundant species in damp grassy woods and lanes throughout 

 Britain ; some of the varieties are, however, rare. 



C. Eyes naked: anterior wings entire, rounded: posterior dentated: palpi 

 hairy: terminal joint short, obtuse. Frequent mountainous dictricts, or 

 swampy heaths. 



Sp. 11. Ligea.— Plate 6. f. 1. S f.2, 3. ? .—Alis ftiscis, fascid rufd, anticis 

 utrinque ocellis quatuor, posticis tribus, his suhtus fascid abbreviatd albd- 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.— 2 unc.) 



Pa. Ligea. Linne.—Sowerby, i. pi. 2.— Hi. Ligea. Stepli. Catal. 



Wings above brown, with a rufous fascia towards the hinder margin, in which 

 on the anterior are four black ocelli with white pupils, the latter obsolete in 

 the male, and the two apical ocelli united ; the band on the posterior wings 

 above bears also three black ocelli, differing as above in the sexes : beneath, 

 all the wings are paler, and the anterior resemble their upper surface, but 

 the red fascia is more distinct ; the posterior are adorned with an abbreviated, 

 irregular, sinuated white fascia, placed nearly parallel with the hinder 

 margin, and reaching almost to the anal angle of the wing; between 

 this and the hinder margin are three black ocelli, with white pupils, and 

 cinctured with red : the ciUa of all the wings, above and below, are white 

 interrupted with brown : the body is deep brown above, paler beneath : the 

 antennae dusky above, white beneath. 

 Caterpillar green, with a black dorsal stripe, and several whitish longitudinal 

 ones : the head reddish yellow. 



Few cabinets contain this insect, which is more to be esteemed 

 from its apparent rarity than for its beauty. The only indigenous 

 specimens which have come to my knowledge were captured in 

 the Isle of Arran, I believe by Sir Patrick Walker and A. Mac 

 . Leay, Esq. ; but I am not aware of the true locality, or of the 

 period of the year, which is probably about July or August. It is 

 readily distinguished from the following (fine females of which have 

 sometimes been mistaken for it) by the white fascia on the inferior 

 surface of the posterior wings, and by the fringe, or cilia, being 



