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WOOD ARGUS.
WOOD LADY. SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY.
PLATE XIV.
Hipparchia ageria, FABEICIUS. OCHSENHEIMEE. LEACH.
K •« CURTIS. DUNCAN. STEPHENS.
Satyrus ageria, LATREILLE. BOISDUVAL. DUPONCHEL.
Papilio ageria, LINN^US. HAWOETH. DONOVAN.
« « LEWIN. WILKES. HARRIS. SEPP.
Pyrarge ageria, HUBNEB.
"WHEN Flora with her fragrant flowers
Bedeckt the earth so trim and gaye,
And Neptune with his daintye showers
Came to present the monthe of May,
King Henry rode to take the ayre,"
and, at that season, he who cannot ride will walk, and if he
have a love for entomology, will turn his steps to the lane
or the wood. There he will see the Wood Argus, which
delights in such situations, and is a common species in all parts
of the country, from the extreme north to the extreme south.
The perfect insect appears in April, June, and August,
there being several broods in the course of the year.
The caterpillar is found in March, May, and June.
It feeds on various grasses, giving a preference to the
common couch grass.
The wings expand to the width of from one inch and a
half to two inches; their ground-colour is greenish brown.
The fore wings are marked with a number of pale buff patches,
of variable size and of irregular shape, ten or eleven in the
strongest-marked individuals, the one nearest the outside corner
of the wing having a black eye, with a white dot in the