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heathy, uncultivated places, and on elevated 

 poor pastures ; often concealing itself on the 

 ground, and flying only when disturbed, 

 and then for a short distance. I never saw 

 it settling on flowers or basking in sun- 

 shine : Mr. Doubleday, however, says he saw 

 scores on the wing together in the Island 

 of Sark on the side of a rock upon 

 which the sun shone early in the morning. 

 Mr. Birchall says it is generally abundant 

 throughout Ireland, and that he took it at 

 Douglas in the Isle of Man. Dr. Buchanan 

 White says that " although rather local in 

 Perthshire, it is an abundant species where it 

 does occur. Its favourite haunts are warm 

 rocks, such as Kinnoull and Moncrieffe hills, 

 and in such situations it is very common. In 

 Scotland it occurs as far north as Sutherland, 

 but does not seem to be found in the alpine 

 parts of the country. Scottish specimens are 

 slightly larger and darker than English ones." 

 Dr. White gives the following dates of cap- 

 ture : " 1858, June 21; 1860, July 16; 

 1864, June 25 ; 1865, July 1." In England 

 it occurs in nearly all our counties, and often 

 abundantly. 



26. Meadow Brown (Epinephele Jantra). 

 side of Male. 



Upper side of Female. 



i6. MEADOW BROWN. The tips of the 

 wings are biunt, and the hind margin of the 

 hind wings is decided!/ scalloped, that of 



the fore wings indistinctly so ; the colour of 

 the fore wings is smoky brown, with a large 

 transverse blotch, almost amounting to the 

 central area, inclining to rusty brown, or in 

 some specimens to wainscot brown ; within 

 this paler blotch is a large circular white- 

 pupilled black spot ; the hind wings are almost 

 uniform smoky brown, with a elightly paler 



Under side of Female. 



tran.sverse median mark. Such is a description 

 of the upper side of the female ; the male ia 

 very much darker, and nearly uniform umber- 

 brown ; the pale blotch and black spot are to 

 be traced, but are very indistinct. The under 

 side is paler ; the basal half of the fore wings 

 is deep fulvous, followed by a pale fulvous 

 band, in which is a large circular white- 

 pupilled black spot; the hind margin ia 

 umber-brown; the hind wings are brown; 

 the basal and hind-marginal area are darker 

 a transverse band across the middle is paler : 

 the outer margin of this pale band is not 

 clearly defined. 



Variety of Male in Mr. Bond's collection. 



Varieties. This species is exceedingly sub- 

 ject to variation in one particular manner, 

 namely, in the presence of large blotches 

 or sometimes of an entire wing, having the 



