THE BEOWNS AND HEATHS 



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The caterpillar is green, and is rendered slightly rough by a 

 nnuil>er of minute warts. There is also a white stripe on each side. 

 It feeds on \arious grasses in the autumn, hybernates during the 

 winter, and is full grown in May. 



The chrysalis is apple green, spotted with a lighter green, and 

 has several black markings. 



TJie Large Heath {Ejunejjhele TitJuDiiis) 



This butterfly is sometimes called the ' Small IMeadow l:>ro^\•n,' 

 and is certainly much like the last species, both in colouring and 

 habits. 



The fore wings of the male (Plate Y, fig. 9) are liglit orange 

 brown, bordered with dark bi'own, and having a broad patch of the 

 same across the middle ; and near the costal angle is a round black 

 spot with two wdiite dots. 

 The hind wrings are dark 

 brown with a patch of light 

 orange brown near the centre, 

 and a small eye-spot near the 

 anal angle. The female is 

 exactly similar, except that 

 she does not possess the broad 

 bar on the fore wings. 



The iinder side is shown 

 in fig. 80, and is coloured 

 with various shades of brown. 



This is a very common butterfly, and may be seen during .July 

 in most English counties, also in the south of Scotland, and in a 

 few localities in the south of Ireland. It fre(|uents meadows, 

 heaths, downs, and lanes, like Janira, but is not nearly so abundant 

 as that species. 



The yoimg caterpillar is hatched in August, and is still very 

 small when it seeks its winter shelter among the stems of grasses. 

 It resumes feeding in the following May, and is full grown towards 

 the end of June. Its colour is very variable— pale green, olive 

 green, or dull brown, with five longitudinal stripes at about ec^ual 

 distances from each other. These consist of a dark one down the 

 middle of the back, a pale line along each side, and another pale 

 line midway between these. 



The chrysalis may be found at the end of .June, attached by 



X 2 



Fig. 80.- 



-The Lakge Heath - 

 I^XDEK Side. 



