MOUNTAIN RINGLET. 199 



also found on the Millium effitsum. It is greyish- 

 white, with a narrow brown line on the back ; some- 

 times, however, it is entirely blackish. 



This sombre-coloured, but not inelegant butterfly, 

 is pretty abundant in all parts of Britain, frequent- 

 ing meadows, the open parts of woods, and the sides 

 of corn-fields. The variations which it presents in 

 the magnitude and number of the ocelli are very nu- 

 merous. 



MOUNTAIN RINGLET. 



Hipparchia Cassiope. 

 PLATE XXIV. FIG. 3. 



Fabricius Pap. Mnemon, Haworth, Entom. Trans Ste- 

 phens^ Illus. Haust. vol. i. pi. 8 P. melampus, Herbst. 

 P. Alcyone, Borkh. 



MUCH less than the preceding species, the wings 

 expanding about 16 lines. The colour is dark brown, 

 with a silky gloss, the upper wings having a red 

 band towards the apex, somewhat interrupted at the 

 nervures, and marked with a row of from three to 

 five black spots : the short band of the hinder wings 

 consists of a few continuous red marks, each bearing 

 n small black spot. The under side of the anterio 

 wings differs from the upper only in having the dife' 



