12 CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 
HIPPARCHIA (Fasricrus). 
Palpi slightly longer than the head, more or less hairy, curving 
downward at the tip, with three joints, the first short, and the 
second much longer and flattish; anfenne long, with about forty 
joints, the clubbed tip slender, spindle shaped and bent; eyes in 
some with, in others without, down ; fore /egs shortest, and in 
most cases hairy ; hind legs with short forked claws, and short 
cushions ; wpper wings in most cases triangular; wnder wings 
rondo-triangular, insome with scollops, with a shallow groove to 
receive the abdomen. 
Egg in some, with elevated ribs, in others with minute pune- 
tures, in others with net-work markings; caferpillar somewhat 
spindle shaped, warty, and the tail forked; chrysalis somewhat 
angular, with two ears, suspended by the tail. 
Tur Speckiep Woon, (Hipparchia Ageria, Leacn) appears 
the beginning of April, beginning of June, and beginning 
of August. Wings one inch and a half to two inches; brown 
spotted with yellow ; first pair with an eyelet toward the tip on 
both surfaces; second pair above, with three eyelets. Varies 
much. Caterpillar, green, with white lines, feeds on the couch 
grass. Chrysalis short, green, Throughout England, and near 
Edinburgh. 
Tuk Speckiep Brown, (H. Mera, Sterarns). Said to be 
British by mistake. 
Tar WALL, (H. Megera, LEAcn) appears in April, the begin- 
ning of July, and beginning of August. Wings one inch and 
a half to eleven-twelfths; tawny, with brown bands on both sur- 
faces; first pair with an eyelet on both sides towards the tip, 
with one or more adjoining it; second pair above towards the 
hinder margin, with four eyelets, the side ones being often with- 
out a pupil, and underneath with six, the lash of which is 
double; female larger. Caterpillar, greenish, with dark streaks 
on the back and sides, feeds on grass. Clirysalis brown. Common 
everywhere. 
Tne Brown WAut (H. Phaedra, Sternens). Said to be Bri- 
tish without authority, 
Tur BANDED Brown (H. Alcyone, Sterurns). Said by mis- 
take to be British. 
Tue Grayiine (HH. Semele, Leacn) appears in July. Wings 
two inches one-fourth to seven-twelfths ; dull brown; the first 
pair with two eyelets on both surfaces, and the second pair with 
a single eyelet above: varies much in colour and markings. 
Caterpillar, green, feeds on grass. Chrysalis dusky. Local. 
South Shields, Scarborough, Cambridge, Suffolk, Essex, Syden- 
ham, Kent, Devon, and Salisbury Plain. 
THE MARBLED Waite (H, Galathea, LeAcn) appears in June 
and July. Wings two inches to two inches and a quarter; yel- 
lowish spotted with black ; underneath the first pair with a sin- 
gle eyelet near the tip, and the second pair with five, one of 
which is double; the black lighter in the male. Caterpillar, 
