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having a black ocellus, or eye, with a white pupil; the 

 hinder wings have also one or two yellow spots, and a row 

 of ocelli round the hinder margin ; the under side is pale 

 yellow, clouded and streaked with brown ; the hinder pair 

 marked with undulating transverse lines, and a row of pale 

 dots encircled with brown. The caterpillar is green, marked 

 on the sides with yellow or whitish lines : it feeds on grasses. 

 There are three flights of this insect, in April, June, and 

 August ; it may be found throughout Britain. 



HIPPAECHIA MEG-ERA. Wall Butterfly. Anterior wings 

 orange, inclining to brown, with the hinder margin and 

 several transverse bands of dark brown, each wing with a 

 large ocellus towards the tip, having a black iris and white 

 pupil ; the hinder wings are dark brown, with two trans- 

 verse bands, that next the margin having a row of ocelli, 

 Beneath, the upper wings are pale, with the brown bands 

 faintly marked, the ocellus being larger ; the under pair 

 are ash-grey, varied with two undulating brown lines, 

 they have also a series of ocelli and a waved band of pale 

 yellow. The caterpillar is pubescent or downy, of a light 

 green with a whitish line on each side. This is a common 

 species, and occurs again in July and August. 



