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SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY. 
Hipparchia Algeria. 
PLATE XXIII. Fig. 4. 
Pap. Algeria, Linn. — Donovan, xiv. 77, pi. 498 Lcwin , pi. 
19 Wood Argus, Wilkes . — Speckled Wood Butterfly, 
Harris. 
The upper side is brown, the anterior wings with 
ten or eleven pale yellow spots on each, placed irre- 
gularly, and having a black ocellus with a white pupil 
towards the apical angle. The hinder wings have 
one or two yellow spots anteriorly, and a row of eyes 
parallel with the hinder mnrgin. These are four in 
number, and consist of a round black spot, with a 
white pupil, surrounded by a yellow ring; the ante- 
rior one being much smaller than the others, and 
without a pupil. The fringe of both wings is pale 
yellow, the dark colour of the wing interrupting it 
at the nervures, and making it appear like a series 
of crescents. The under side of the wings is pale 
yellow, clouded and streaked with brown j the hinder 
pair with undulating transverse lines, and a row of 
five pale dots, encircled with brown, the space be- 
tween which and the outer margin is sometimes 
