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ARRAN BROWN BUTTERFLY 



Hipparchia Ligea. 



PLATE XXV. Fig. L 



Pap. Ligea, Linn. — Stephens^ Illust. of Brit. Ent. Haust. 

 vol. i. pi. 6. 



In this species, the expansion of the wings is 

 from eighteen to twenty-two lines. The colour of 

 the upper side is brown, and there is an abbreviated 

 reddish band towards the extremity of each wing. 

 On the upper pair, this band bears four black ocelli, 

 with white pupils ; the latter, however, are wanting 

 in the male. The hinder band likewise bears three 

 ocelli, presenting the same sexual difference. The un- 

 der side is somewhat paler than the upper, the mark- 

 ings on the anterior wings not differing materially from 

 those on the surface : the most striking peculiarity 

 of the hinder pair is an irregular white band, widest 

 near the anterior edge, which extends nearly across 

 the wing ; behind this are three round spots, com- 

 posed of a red ring enclosing a black ocellus, with 

 a white pupil. All the wings are surrounded with 

 a white fringe, spotted with brown. The antennas 

 are white beneath. 



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