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THE GRAYLING. 
Hipparchia Semele. 
PLATE XXII. Figs. I. & 2. 
Pap. Semele. Linn. — Donovan , viii. pi. 259 $ Leivir i, 
pi. 17. — The Grayling Butterfly, Harris. 
One of the larger species, the expansion of the 
wing sometimes reaching two inches and six lines. 
The greater part of the surface is brown, varying 
greatly in the intensity of the shade. Towards the 
hinder edge of the anterior wings, the female has a 
wide and irregular band or patch of pale yellow, ex- 
tending nearly across the surface, in which are placed 
two remote ocelli, with a white pupil and black 
iris ; the male has merely a yellowish patch round 
each ocellus. The basal half of the hinder wings, 
as well as the posterior border, is brown in both 
sexes, the intermediate portion being pale or reddish- 
yellow, more or less obscured with dusky, and hav- 
ing a small ocellus with a white pupil towards the 
anal angle. On the under side, the anterior wings 
are tawny at the base, the anterior and posterior 
margins brownish, the latter marked with white ; the 
disk is pale-yellow, and the two ocelli are conspi- 
