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base of the hinder wings, and a posterior border, is brown 

 in both sexes, the intermediate portion being pale or red- 

 dish-yellow, with a small ocellus on the under side, the 

 anterior wings are tawny at the base ; the disc pale yellow, 

 with two ocelli, and the margin brownish; the posterior 

 wings are clouded with white, and dark brown ; the cater- 

 pillar is light green. This insect frequents stony and rocky 

 places, occurring plentifully in such situations both in Eng- 

 land and Scotland. 



HIPPARCHIA HYPERANTHUS. Ringlet Butterfly. The 

 whole upper surface is of a dark brown colour, generally 

 having two or three eye-like spots on each wing ; the under 

 side is pale brown, with large ocelli near the margin, some- 

 times these are nearly obliterated, but usually they are very 

 conspicuous. The caterpillar is greyish-white, with a brown 

 line on the back : it feeds on the Poa annua, or meadow 

 grass. The butterfly is found pretty abundantly in the open 

 part of woods, meadows, and corn-fields. 



HIPPARCHIA POLYDAMA. Marsh Ringlet. This species 

 measures about an inch and a half across the wings; the 

 surface is rusty yellow, tinged with brown ; the anterior 

 wings having one or two ocelli towards the hinder margin ; 

 the inferior wings are greyish-white round the outer margin, 



