.V2 SCOTCH AFQUS. 



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 following 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 specimens there are only two 

 eyes. The fringe of all the wings is brownish, but darker in the male 

 than in the 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 similarly appearing. The hind 

 wings have a tint of grey with the brown at the base, which is suc- 

 ceeded 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. 



It feeds on various kinds of grass. 



Tlic eggs ai'c said to be of a whitish colour, specked with brown. 



This species varies much. 



The figures are taken from specimens in my own cabinet. 



