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ARRAN BROWN.<br />
PLATE XXII.<br />
53<br />
ARRAN ARGUS.<br />
Hipparchia ligca, OCHSENHEIMER. STEPHENS.<br />
DUNCAN.<br />
Papilio ligea, LINNJEUS. SOWERBY.<br />
" alexis, ESFER.<br />
" philomela, HUBNER. ESPER.<br />
Erebia ligea, DALMAN. BOISDUVAL.<br />
Epigea ligea, . HUBNER.<br />
Oreina ligea, WESTWOOD.<br />
THIS is a very rare Butterfly, and has hitherto only been<br />
captured in the Isle of Arran, on the coast of Scotland.<br />
Sir Patrick Walker, and Alexander Macleay, Esq., captured<br />
specimens there. Those taken by the former gentleman, two<br />
or three in number, were met with near Brodrick Castle,<br />
and shewn by him to J. C. Dale, Esq. Many more will, I<br />
hope, yet be taken. "Floreat Entomologia."<br />
The expanse of the wings in this species is from a little<br />
under to about two inches. They are all of a rich dark brown<br />
colour, and the fore wings have a broad oblong patch of red<br />
near the outer margin, within which are four black eyes, the<br />
two nearest the tip being confluent. Their fringe is alternately<br />
brown and white. The hind wings have the like broad oblong<br />
patch of red, and in it three black eyes. Their fringe also is<br />
alternately brown and white.<br />
Underneath, the brown of the wings is of a paler colour, and<br />
in the fore wings the band is of a brighter hue. In the hind<br />
wins it is almost obsolete, but beyond the middle is an irreg-
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