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WOOD AllGUS. 



WOOD LADY. SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY. 

 PLATE XIV. 



Hipparchia /Egeria, Fabricius. Ochsenheimer. Leach. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. Stephens. 



Salyrus Egeria, Latreille. Boisduval. Duponchel. 



Papilio Mgeria, Linn^us. Haworth. Donovan. 



" " Lewin. Wilkes. Harris. Sepp. 



Pyrarge Egeria, Hubner. 



"When Flora with her fragrant flowers 

 Bedeckt the earth so trim and gaye, 

 And Neptune with his daintye showers 

 Came to present the monthe of May, 

 King Henry rode to take the ayre," 



and, at that season, he 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 will see the AVood Argus, which delights in such situations, 

 and is a common species iu all parts of the country, from the extreme 

 north to the extreme south, and from east to west, from Brighton to 

 Llandudno. 



The perfect insect appears in April, June, and August, there being 

 several broods, probably three, in the course of the year. 



The caterpillar is found in March, May, 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, 



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