99 



one or more ocellated spots, which are small and faint in the male, but larger 

 and more conspicuous in the female. On the underside, the ground colour 

 of the wings is rather paler, but uniform, and there is a row of white centred 

 black spots yellow rings, or ocelli, near the hind margin. The underside 

 varies greatly in the size and number of the ocelli. 



In his "Illustrations of British Entomology," J. F. Stephen's gives the 

 following varieties — 



Yar. b. Anterior wings beneath with three very large ocelli, posterior 

 with five ; several on all the wings sesquialterous, or having smaller ocelli 

 attached. 



Yar. c. Wings ocellated as in type, but the ocelli large and conjoined. 



Yar. d. Wings ocellated as in type, but the ocelli very minute. 



Yar. e. Ocelli in number as before ; the smaller or hinder ocellus on the 

 anterior wings bipupillate, the inner one on the posterior wings nearly 

 obsolete, 



Yar. f. Ocelli entirely obliterated ; in lieu thereof three snow-white spots 

 on the anterior wings beneath, and five on the posterior. 



Yar. g. Anterior wings with three ocelli beneath, posterior with four, the 

 one at the anal angle being obliterated. 



Yar. h. Anterior wings beneath with three ocelli ; posterior with four 

 white spots. 



Yar. i. Anterior wings with three ocelli beneath ; posterior as in type. 



Yar. j. Anterior wings as in the last ; posterior with four ocelli, the 

 inner one being obliterated. 



Yar. k. Ocelli in number as in the last, the anterior costal one on the 

 posterior wings wanting. 



Yar. I. Anterior wings with two ocelli beneath, posterior with three ; the 

 costal and anal ones wanting. 



Yar. m. Ocelli obliterated ; anterior wings beneath with two white dots ; 

 posterior with four. 



Yar. n. Anterior wings with a single ocellus beneath, posterior with five. 



Yar. o. Anterior wings as in last ; posterior with four ocelli, the anal 

 one obliterated. 



Yar. p. Anterior wings same as last two ; posterior with three ocelli as 

 in var. I. 



Yar. q. Ocelli obliterated; anterior wings with a single- minute white dot 

 beneath, posterior with four. 



Yar. r. Ocelli obliterated ; anterior wings immaculate ; posterior with 

 three minute white spots. 



Exclusively of the above, there are numerous intermediate varieties in the 



