SATYRS. 



possibly, like Pyrameis Cardui, it may again 

 put in an appearance. It is found in Scotland 

 as tar north as Argyle." Tt is a common 

 butterfly in all parts of England and Wales. 



25. The Grayling 



(Satyrus Semele). Upper aide 

 of Male. 



Upper side of Female. 



Under side of Male. 

 V 



Under side of Female. 



25. THE GRAYLING. The fore wings are 

 blunt at the tip, the hind wings have the hind 



margin scalloped ; their colour is dull brown, 

 with an irregular wainscot-brown band occu- 

 pying nearly the outer half of the wiug ; 

 in the fore wings this band is almost inter- 

 rupted in the middle, and each of the divisions 

 has a large and almost circular white-pupilled 

 black spot ; the hind wings have but one 

 smaller white-pupilled black spot. The under 

 side has the disk of the fore wings fulvous, 

 inclining to ferruginous at the base, the outer 

 or fulvous portion having two very distinct 

 circular white-pupil led black spots ; the hind 

 wings are mottled and marbled with various 

 tints of gray and brown, the basal portion 

 being darker, and the darker portion bearing 

 a very obvious similarity to the familiar pro- 

 file of the late Lord Brougham. Such is a 

 description of the female; the male, more 

 especially on the upper side, is suffused with 

 brown, and the markings 1 have described are 

 very indistinct. 



Varieties. This insect is not subject to 

 much variation, properly so called ; but 

 Mr. Bond possesses some extraordinary ab- 

 normities, the peculiarity of which consists 

 in the presence of the colouring of both 

 sexes in a single individual. Perhaps a 

 little amplification may render this kind of 

 abnormity somewhat more intelligible. Let 

 us call four specimens of Semele Noa 1, 2, 

 3, and 4, and the four wings of each A, u, c, 

 and D ; then in No. 1 the wings A and c will 

 be male wings, and the wings B and D will be 

 female wings ; in No. 2, B will be a male 

 wing, and A, C, and D female wings. Mr. Bond 

 has some very extraordinary examples of this 

 phenomenon, and exhibited them at a late 

 meeting of the Entomological Society, as re- 

 ported at p. 2070 of the second series of the 

 " Zoologist." With his customary kindness 

 and zeal for the advancement of science, 

 Mr. Bond has offered me all these specimens 

 to illustrate this work ; but I could not accept 

 them, having already declined innumerable 

 offers of hemigynous, or, as they are incor- 

 rectly termed, " hermaphrodite " specimens 

 of butterflies, more especially among the 

 Lyccenidce. 



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