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THE GRAYLINfe. 



Hipparchia Semele. 



PLATE XXII. Figs. 1. & 2. 



Pap. Semele. Linn. — Donovan^ viii. pi. 259 9 — Lewin, 

 pi. 17 The Gravling Butterfly, Harris. 



One of the larger species, the expansion of the 

 wing sometimes reaching two inches and svx lines. 

 The greater part of the surface is brown, varying 

 greatly in the intensity of the shade. Towards the 

 hinder edge of the anterior wings, the female has a 

 wide and irregular band or patch of pale yellow, ex- 

 tending nearly across the surface, in which are placed 

 two remote ocelli, with a white pupil and black 

 iris ; the male has merely a yellowish patch round 

 each ocellus. The basal half of the hinder wings, 

 as well as the posterior border, is brown in both 

 sexes, the intermediate portion being pale or reddish- 

 yellow, more or less obscured with dusky, and hav- 

 ing a small ocellus with a white pupil towards the 

 anal angle. On the under side, the anterior wings 

 are tawny at the base, the anterior and posterior 

 margins brownish, the latter marked with white ; the 

 disk is pale-yellow, and the two ocelli are couspi- 



