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within twenty-one niilos of the metropolis, I believe in the vicinity 

 of Epping-, whence Dr. Loiich received fine and recent specimens 

 for several successive seasons, and from whom I obtained those 

 which are contained in my cabinet. The insect has also been fcdien 

 in Ashdown Forest. It appears in August and September. 



Bp. 3. (lispar. A/is siipr'l in-neo-ciiprcii jwnctn niar^nntujue niffris, posticii suhtirs 

 pallide cwruleis punctis nu}Hf)i)sis. mivguieijue cupreo. Haw. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 6 h"n. — 2 unc. 1 lin.) 



Pa. dispar. Haworth. — Ly. dispar. Curtis, i. pi. 12.— Sfrph. Catttl. 



Male with tlie wings above of a sjWendid briglit Hery copper colour, with an 

 obscure row of spots towards the tip, the anterior with a central semilunar spot, 

 and an adjacent small round one, placed longitudinally, the costal and poste- 

 rior margins, and a patch at the base, black; the posterior with a slender 

 oblong discoidal line, and the margins black; the colour of the margin more 

 or less indented with that of the disc: beneath, the anterior wings are pale 

 fulvous orange, with ten distinct ocelli, with a large black pupil and slender 

 white iris ; the three first are placed longitudinally towards the base of the 

 anterior margin (as in Ly. rhla?as), the rest in a slightly arcuated transverse 

 band, which is followed posteriorly by a series of black dots, of dissimilar 

 sizes and shapes, and terminated by an ash-coloured margin and dusky cilia : 

 the posterior wings are bluish, with an elongate discoidal streak, and numerous 

 rather obsolete ocelli, with a black pupil and pale bluish iris ; of these five 

 are irregularly scattered towards the base, and nine are arranged in a waved 

 band towards the margin ; the hinder margin is deep orange, except at its 

 union with the anterior, margined internally with a series of distinct black 

 inocellated spots, and externally with a more or less evident series of dots ; 

 the margin itself is cinereous, the cilia dusky, with a blackish line at the 

 base, as in the anterior Avings. 



The female is similar to the male beneath ; but above, the anterior wings are 

 divested of the gloss so conspicuous in the male, and have nine or ten black 

 spots, of which two or three arc placed longitudinally, near the base of the 

 costal margin, the rest in an arcuated band towards the tip : the posterior 

 margin is less intense in colour than the male, but the band is considerably 

 broader ; the base of the wings and the inner margin are dusky, sprinkled 

 with coppery : the posterior wings are dusky-brown, with the nervures, atul 

 a denticulated hinder band copper-coloured : there is also a strong discoidal 

 black spot, and frequently several, towards the hinder margin, placed trans- 

 versely ; and sometimes the entiie wing is irrorated with coppery. 



The ocellated spots vary considerably in size in both sexes. 



The caterpillar is somewhat hairy, bright green, with innumerable white dots ; 

 it feeds upon a kind of dock. The chrysalis is at first green, then pale ash- 

 coloured, with a dark dorsal Hnc, and two abbreviated white ones on each 

 side; and, lastly, sometimes deep brown. 

 Haustf.llata. Vol.. I. 1st Aprii., 1828. m 



