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look for this charming butterfly, in wood clearings and 

 meadows near woods. 



Some of the localities in which it has been observed 

 are : Isle of Wight, Surrey Hills, Eastwell Park 

 (Kent), Dover, Lewes, Brighton, Epping, Gloucester- 

 shire, Kingsbury, Darenth Wood, New Forest, Kock- 

 ingham Park, Teignmouth, York, Barnwell Wold, 

 South Wales. Not known in Scotland. 



THE SPECKLED WOOD BUTTEEFLY. 



(Lasiommata Egeria.) (Plate Y. fig. 4.) 



Every one who has wandered through green woodland 

 ridings, or coppiced paths, must be familiar with a 

 lively, spotted brown insect that trips along just ahead 

 of one, in a sociable way, for some distance, finding 

 time to turn aside into the leafy recesses on either side 

 without losing ground ; then, having had enough of 

 our company, mounting overhead, and retracing its 

 course in the same playful way, and soon lost in the 

 winding of the path. 



This is the Speckled Wood, or Wood Argus Butter- 

 fly, a very pretty insect on both sides, and receiving 

 the latter name — Argus, " the many-eyed " — from the 

 rows of rich black eyes that grace its pinions. 



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