SPECKLED WOOD— WALL BROWN 



often come under my observation in the West Country. 

 One meets with it in plenty along the secluded lanes and 

 woods of Devon and Cornwall, and a charming little fellow 

 it is. Like the Ringlet, it is not a reveller in the sun- 

 light, preferring shade to glare, and may also be noticed 

 flying merrily along even in showery weather. The 

 pale greenish eggs are laid on grasses in early Summer, 

 and the green larva is ornamented with light-edged 

 lines, and a profusion of hairs. The small light green 

 pupa is relieved with other colours, and is suspended 

 from a grass-stem. The mature insect has a drab coat 

 of brownish-black, but the presence of numerous yellow 

 spots on the outer edges of all four wings give it a most 

 attractive appearance, and without being a dandy it is 

 certainly an ornament to the environment it frequents. 



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Wall Brown. — {Parorge megcera.) There is more than 

 a superficial resemblance between this favourite species 

 (Fig. 6) and its Speckled Wood cousin as they belong to 

 the same genus— Par arge. In habits and haunts, how- 

 ever, they differ a great deal, as the Wall Brown is a 



lover of the sun and of hot. dry places It is a fairly 



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