EPINEPHELE. 237 



Epinephele janira, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 40, pi. 

 13, figs. 4a, b (1878); Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 

 298, pi. 73, fig. 3 (1884); Barrett, Lepid. Brit Isl., i., p. 

 240, pi. 33 (1893). 



The Meadow Brown is probably the very commonest of all 

 our Butterflies, and may be seen in abundance in summer in 

 every field, and along every hedgerow. It measures from an 



Meadow Brown {Epinephele janira}. Under side of Female. 



inch and a half to two inches across the wings, which are 

 brown above, with a well-marked black eye with a white pupil 

 at the tip of the fore-wings, within which is a conspicuous ful- 



Variety of Male. 



vous blotch or band in the female. The fore-wings are fulvous 

 beneath, crossed within the eye by a darker line, continued on 

 the hind-wings which are brown or yellowish-brown, with a 



