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SATYRIDAE 
streaked with brown. In 
heavily-marked examples, 
a dark brown elongated 
mark fills the discoidal cell, 
and between the median 
and sub-median nervures is 
a long narrow streak, and 
a short streak at the base 
of the wing, also an elbowed 
one surrounding the base. 
Immediately above the eye 
is a dark brown spot; the 
thorax and abdomen are 
The whole surface, except 
the wings, is granular and studded with sharply-pointed spines. 
The pupal stage lasts about fourteen days. 
Imago. The sexual difference is inconspicuous. The 
average expanse of the wings in the male is 48 mm., in the 
female, 52 mm. 
Male. The ground colour is a very deep velvety-brown, 
almost black. The fore wing has a patch of black androconial 
scales over the basal half, which is obscured by the uniformity 
of the colouring. In the middle of the outer half of both fore 
and hind wings are from two to three ocellated spots on each 
wing. The fringes are whitish. The under side is normally 
fulvous-brown ; the fore wing with from one to three, and the 
hind wing with five ocelli, each encircled with straw-yellow ; 
the upper two on the hind wing are united. Parallel to the 
outer margins of both wings is an indistinct brown line. 
Female . This is rather the larger; it has not the dark 
sexual patch, and is rather lighter in colour, as a rule much 
more strongly ocellated. The brown lines crossing the wings 
on the under side are sometimes plainly indicated in the 
female. 
Life of Imago. The probable duration of life in A. hyper - 
anthus is not more than twenty-one days. The normal flight 
of this butterfly is somewhat slow and fluttering, but it can 
twist and turn rapidly. 
Aberration. Both the size and number of spots vary greatly 
in the sexes. Specimens without any trace of spots are rare ; 
The Ringlet Female ab. lanceolata. 
New Forest, 5.7.1892. F. IV. F. coll). 
speckled with dark brown dots. 
