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; AVOOD ARGUS. 



WOOD LADY. SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY. 

 PLATE XIY. 



HipparcMa JEgeria, Fabricius. Ochsenheimer. Leach. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. Stephens. 



Satyrus JEgeria, Latreille. Boisduval. Duponchel. 



Papilio ^geria, Linnjeus. Haworth. Donovan. 



" " Lewin. Wilkes. Harris. Sepp. 



Pyrarge ^geria, Hubner. 



"When Flora with lier fragi'ant flowers 

 Bedeekt the earth so trmi aucl gaye, 

 And Neptune with his daintye showers 

 Came to present the monthe of Hay, 

 King Henry rode to take the ayre," 

 and, at that season, lie who cannot ride "will walk, and if he 

 have a love for entomology, will turn his steps to the lane 

 or the wood. There he Avill see the W^ood Argus, which 

 delights in such situations, and is a common species in all parts 

 of the country, from the extreme north to the extreme south. 

 The perfect insect appears in April,. June, and August, 

 there being several broods in the course of the year. 

 The caterjjillar is found in March, INIay, and June. 

 It feeds on various grasses, giving a preference to the 

 common couch grass. 



The wings expand to the width of from one inch and a 

 half to two inches; their ground-colour is greenish brown. 

 The fore wings are marked with a number of pale buff patches, 

 of variable size and of irregular shape, ten or eleven in the 

 strongest-marked individuals, the one nearest the outside corner 

 of the wing having a black eye, with a white dot in the 



