56 SCOTCH ARGUS. 



uniform dark bronzed brown colour, the fore wings having a 

 dark orange-red patch near the tip, wider in its fore than its hind 

 part, which two are sometimes divided by a constriction in the 

 middle of the patch. In the upper part of this patch are two 

 black eyes, each with a white speck in its centre: in the hinder 

 part of the patch is one similar eye, but smaller in size, and 

 occasionally it is obliterated. In some specimens there are as 

 many as five eyes. 



The hind wings, also of the same dark bronzed brown, have 

 a waved or indented bar, or united series of round marks of 

 dark orange-red folloAving the outer margin, a little distance 

 within it, and in it are generally three small black eyes with 

 white pupils, and a black dot in their outer part. In some spec- 

 imens there are only two eyes. The fringe of all the wings 

 is brownish, but darker in the male than in tlie female. 



Underneath, the fore wings are of much the same general 

 colour as on the upper side, the brown bar shewing through 

 as above, but of a more yellow tinge, and the eyes in it simi- 

 larly appearing. The hind wings have a tint of grey with the 

 brown at the base, which is succeeded by a broad waved brown 

 bar of the general colour of the wings, this, by another grey 

 wave of the colour of the base, in which are sometimes a few 

 rudimentary eyes, but in other specimens it is quite plain, and 

 the margin of the wing again is brown. The colour of these 

 bars varies very considerably in the males and females, and also 

 according to the locality in which the insect is found. 



The caterpillar is described as being light green, with brown 

 and white longitudinal stripes, and the head reddish. 



The eggs are said to be of a whitish colour, speckled with 

 brown. 



This species varies much. 



The figures are taken from specimens in my own cabinet. 



