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LARGE MEADOW BROWN. 



MEADOW BROWN. 



PLATE XIX. 



Hipparchia Janira, Ochsenheimer. Stephens. Leach. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. Westwood. 



Papilio Janira, Linnaeus, (male.) Tukton. Stewaet. 



Papilio Jtirtina, LiNNiEUS, (female.) Lewin. Donovan. 



" " IIawokth. HAKras. 



Papilio Hyperanthus, Wilkes. Albin. 



Epirephile Hyper antlius, Hubnee. 



Tins Butterfly is also to be seen in abundance 



"In summer time, wlien leaves grow greene, 

 And blossoms bedecke tke tree." 



It is one of our most plentiful species, and occurs in all parts 

 of the country. I well remember the extraordinary numbers 

 in which it appeared, in the unusually hot and. dry summer 

 of the year 1826. 



The caterpillar feeds on various kinds of grasses, more 

 especially on the Poa ^jr«^fW5?s. 



This insect varies in the expanse of its wings from one inch 

 and a half to two inches; the whole upper surface of the fore 

 wings is broAvn, with more or less of a fulvous tinge, with a 

 faint shade of bronze over it. Near the tip is a small black eye 

 with a white dot in its centre, surrounded by a ring of orange 

 buff, sometimes more widely, though indistinctly, extended. 

 In some specimens there are two white dots, and in others 

 more. The hind wings are wholly brown. 



Underneath, the fore wings are orange-yellow brown, with 

 a darker border of the same; the eye and eyelet shew through. 



