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merited with six ocelli, consisting of a black iris with 

 a small silver- white pupil, and surrounded externally 

 by a yellowish-white ring. In number and size the 

 ocellated spots vary considerably, and the anal one 

 on the secondary wings is sometimes double. 



This scarce iuseCt frequents marshes and moist 

 heaths, and has occuned more frequently than else- 

 where in the vicinity of Manchester, and on Shorn 

 Moor in Yorkshire. Ashdown Forest has also been 

 cited as a locality. 



MARSH RINGLET BUTTERFLY. 



Hipparchia Polydama. 



PLATE XXVI. Fig. 2. 



Hip. Iphis & Polydama, Steph. Jermyn — Pap. Typhon ; 

 Scarce Heath, Haworth Pap. Polydama, IJaworth^ Jer- 

 myn Pap. Tiphon, Esper. 



This species is about the size of the preceding, to 

 which it is very closely related. The colour of the 

 surface is rusty ochre-yellow, obscured with brown, 

 the anterior wings frequently with one or two blind 

 ocelli towards the hinder margin ; the secondary 

 wings greyish-white on the abdominal edges and 

 rou^d the outer margin, and fringed with rather long 

 whitish hairs, usually bearing a blind ocellus near 

 the anal angle, and occasionally one or two others 



