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RINGLET BUTTERFLY. 



was so obvious as to be remarked by very indiffe- 



rent persons." * 



THE RINGLET BUTTERFLY 



Hyparchia Hyperanthus. 



PLATE XXIV. Fig. 4. 



Pap. Hyperanthus, Linn Donovan, viii. pi. 271 The 



Ringlet, Harris'' Aurel. pi. 3.5. 



The whole upper surface is of a uniform brown 

 colour, generally without eye-like spots, but not un- 

 frequently having two or three on each wing not very 

 distinctly formed. The under side is pale brown, 

 the anterior wings with two or three ocelli towards 

 the tip, which are sometimes large and conspicuous, 

 especially in the females, and occasionally almost ob- 

 literated : the hinder wings have usually five ocelli, 

 variable in size, two of them placed close together 

 towards the anterior margin, and three others in a 

 line behind, the inner one being usually smallest. 

 The body and base of the wings are clothed with 

 dark-brown hairs ; the fringe is light grey ; and the 

 antennae variegated with white, and having the club 

 of a rust-red colour. 



The caterpillar feeds chiefly on the Annual Mea 

 dow-grass in this country : on the Continent it is 

 * Journal of a Naturalist, p. 288. 



