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five large and two small ocelli, forming a curved 

 line, behind which there is a narrow stripe of silver. 

 Taken near Wythyham, on the borders of Ash- 

 do v^ti Forest, Sussex. 



Hipparchia Arcanius. 



Pap. Arcanius, Linn. — Hipp. Arcanius, Jermyii — Curiis, 

 B. E. V. 205. * 



" The superior wings are fulvous on both sides, 

 with the terminal border of a dark brown above, 

 but lighter beneath, and having opposite the apex 

 a small ocellus with a white pupil and yellow iris. 

 The surface of the inferior wings is obscure brown, 

 with a small yellow spot placed at the anal angle, and 

 surmounting a yellow crescent. Their under side is 

 reddish, tinged with green at the base; the middle 

 traversed obliquely by a white angular band, which 

 bears at its commencement on its inner side a black 

 ocellus, having a pupil of bright white, and on its 

 outer side four or five similar ocelli, the two anterior of 

 v/hich, and the anal one,, when present, are smaller 

 than the others. There is, besides, a curved silvery 

 line along the posterior border. 



" The caterpillar is green, with dark dorsal lines 

 and yellow lateral rays. It lives on tlie Melica ci- 

 liata." * 



The only British example that has occurred was 

 found in the same place as H. Hero. 

 * Godart, Pap. de Frame, i. 174. 



