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ARUAN ARGUS. 



ARRAN BROWN. 



PLATE XXTI. 



Hipparchia Ligea, 



Papilio Ligea, 

 " Alexis, 

 " Philomela, 

 Erebia Ligea, 

 Epigea Ligea, 

 Oreina Ligea, 



ochsenheimer. stephens. 



Duncan. 



Linnaeus. Sowerby. 



ESPER. 



Hubner. Esper. 

 Dalman. Boisduval. 

 Hubner. 

 Westwood. 



This is a very rare butterfly, and has liitherto only been taken in 

 the Isle of Arran, on the coast of Scotland. (Since the above was 

 written, in the Isle of Mull also, I am informed.) 



Sir Patrick Walker, and Alexander Macleay, Esq., captured specimens 

 there. Those taken by the former gentleman, two or three in number, 

 were met with near Brodrick Castle, and shcwu by him to J. C. Dale, 

 Esq. Many more will, I hope, yet be taken. " Floreat Entomolgla." 



The e.xjjanse of the wings in this species is from a little under to 

 about two inches. They are all of a rich dark brown colour, and the 

 fore wings have a broad oblong patch of red near the outer margin, 

 within which are four black eyes, the two nearest the tip being 

 confluent. Their fringe is alternately brown and white. The hind 

 wings have the like broad oblong patch of red, and in it three black 

 eyes. Their fringe also is alternately brown and white. 



Underneath, the brown of the wings is of a paler colour, and in the 

 fore wings the band is of a brighter hue. In the hind wings it is 

 almost obsolete, but beyond the middle is an irregular white band^ 

 between which and the hind margin arc three black eyes with white 

 centres, each surrounded by a red ring. 



In the female, the eyes above have white pupils. 



The caterpillar is described as being green, with a dusky line down 

 the back, and some white lines along the sides. 



