MEADOW-BROWN BUTTERFLY 



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HipparcJiia Janira. 

 PLATE XXIV. FIGS. 1. & 2. 



Fap. Janira, Linn. <? Pap. Jurtina ?, Linn P. Jurtina, 

 Donovan, ix. 69. pi. 320 Lewin, pi. 18. 



THIS species is considerably larger than the pre- 

 ceding, the wings of the female sometimes expand- 

 ing nearly two inches. The ground colour is brown, 

 varying considerably in shade, but usually darkest 

 in the male. In that sex, the upper wings are in 

 general entirely brown, with a small ocellus towards 

 the apex encircled with reddish-yellow ; but in the 

 female, there is a large transverse patch of ochre- 

 yellow beyond the middle of the wing, in which is 

 placed a large black ocellus, with a white pupil, and 

 the space between this patch and the base is very 

 obscurely tinged with reddish -yellow. The hinder 

 wings are usually unspotted in the male, but those 

 of the female have frequently an obscure yellowish 

 mark in the middle. The under side of the primary 

 wings is tawny- orange, with a paler band not far 

 from the hinder margin, in which is placed an ocel- 

 lus, as on the upper surface, sometimes having a 



