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ALBIN'S HAMPSTEAD EYE. 



PLATE XXXTII. 



Cynthia. Hampstediensis, Stephens. Westwood. 



Hijpparclda Hampstediensis, Jermyn. 

 Fapilio ociilatus Hampstediensis ex 



aureo fuscus, Petivee. 



The only specimen of this insect tliat lias ever yet been 

 recorded, was captured at Hampstead, near London, by Albin, 

 and then first described and figured by Petiver. It lias since 

 been continuously figured and described by succeeding Entomo- 

 logists, who have faithfully copied the original picture. By 

 some it has been considered a foreign specimen, accidentally 

 imported; by others as the product of two different species. 

 The specimen is however no longer in existence, and cannot 

 sjDcak for itself; no 'Ecce signuni' can now testify to the truth- 

 fullness of the Entomologist who shall pretend more accurately 

 to describe it, than in the stereotyped form which has come 

 down to the present day. 



The fore wings have been described as fulvous brown, with three 

 transverse dark broAvn markings; two lengthened ones near the 

 hinder margin, and the margin itself yellow: there is a large 

 eye near the tip and another near the lower corner. The hind 

 wings are also brown Avith a yellow margin, and with two large 

 eyes following the margin. 



Underneath, the fore wings are yellowish brown, with brown 

 cloudings, and a row of brown crescents near the margin. The 

 hind wings are dull yellowish brown, with darker cloudings of 

 brown at the base; a small eye near the corner, and a row 

 of four brown spots, between which and the margin is a nearly 

 obsolete row of brown crescent-shaped marks. 



