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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- 

 down Forest, Sussex. 



Hipparchia Arcanius^ 



Pap. Arcanius, Linn. Hipp. Arcanius, Jermyn. Cunts, 

 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 

 which, and the anal one, when present, are smaller 

 than the others. There is, besides, a curved s^very 

 line along the posterior border. 



" The caterpillar is green, with dark dorsal lines 

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

 liata." * 



The only British example that has occurred was 

 found in tfie same place as H. Hero. 

 * Godart, Pap. de France, i. J74. 

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