THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXII.] DECEMBER, 1889. [No. 319. 



PARARGE MEGJERA. 



PaEARGE aiEG.ERA. 



The very singular specimen of Pararge megcera, depicted 

 above, was captured by the late Colonel Cox, of Fordwich, Kent, 

 probably near his residence, as the species used to swarm in the 

 neighbourhood formerly, though now it is less common. 



In this example the second nervure of the median vein in each 

 wing is wanting, and, as I have noticed in other insects, when this 

 is the case an additional or enlarged ocellus takes its place towards 

 the hind margin. The spur, which usually runs from the central 

 bar towards the end of the inner margin in the male, seems more 

 to follow the facies of that of the female, and thus forms a band 

 across the fore wing. The usual ocellus is double, with a small 

 dot above. In the secondaries the second and third ocelli unite, 

 and their usual central white dots join into a line, one-twelfth of 

 an inch long. Beneath, the upper wings show respectively six 

 and five ocelli or dots, and the hind wings five and six. The 

 specimen is a male. 



In the same cabinet is another specimen without any of the 

 usual tawny colouring near the thorax, the whole of the first 

 two-thirds of the wing being the same colour as the transverse 

 markings. 



Sydnkt Webb. 



Maidstone House, Dover, October, 1889, 



ENTOM. — PEC. 1889. 2 D 



