Beautiful Butterflies. 

 SCOTCH ARGUS. 



PLATE II. — FIG. I. 



IPPARCHIA BLANDINA. This is a very 

 beautiful, although at first sight it appears a 

 sober-coloured Butterfly ; the wings, of a rich 

 brown, ornamented with veins and patches of bright 

 copper colour, and beset with small eye-like dots, are 

 well deserving of a close examination. They measure, 

 when extended, from an inch and a half to two inches 

 across, and their outline is at once bold and graceful ; 

 the under sides of the hinder pair, seen when the insect 

 is at rest, have on them two broadish waves of a grey 

 tint, and both pairs on either side are margined with 

 yellowish brown, which being crossed with darker 

 lines, looks like a delicate fringe. 



This insect, which is not uncommon in many parts 

 of Scotland, especially the southern counties, has also 

 been captured in Northumberland, Durham, and York- 

 shire, as well as some other parts of England, in which 

 country, however, it is by no means plentiful. 



The Caterpillar is light green, with brown and white 

 stripes, running lengthwise, these would be termed 

 longitudinal stripes; the head is of a reddish colour; 



