LARGE HEATH. 



Hipparchia Tilhonus. 

 PLATE XXIII. FIGS. 2. & 3. 



Pap. Tithonus, Linn Pap. Pilosellae, Fabr.Donovai 

 xii. pi. 405 The Gate Keeper, Harris" 1 Aurel, pi. 44. 



UPPER wings ochre-red, or reddish-yellow, witli 



ihe base brown, and the anterior and outer sides 



widely margined with dark brown. On the outei 



anterior angle of the reddish-yellow portion o f the 



wing there is a pretty large round ocellated spot ol 



black, with two minute white points in the centre. 



The hinder wings are likewise brown, with a large 



reddish-yellow mark in the centre, which bears a 



minute ocellus on the side nearest the anal angle. 



On the under side, the upper wings are coloured as 



above, but the hinder pair are greyish -brown, with 



a very irregular cross band of light grey behind the 



middle, in which there are usually four minute white 



points approximating in pairs, and surrounded by a 



brown cloud. The male is considerably smaller 



than the female, more deeply coloured, and has a 



brown cloud in the middle of the coloured portion 



of the fore wings. 



