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with a white central band, within which is an eye-spot on the 

 costa ; the hind-margin is reddish, with a blue marginal line, 

 and three very small eyes. It is found in bushy places and 

 open woods, and is very common in many parts of the Conti- 

 nent in June and July. In England it is said to have been 

 taken in Ashdown Forest, along with C. Aero, and although 

 this record is more than doubtful, the Butterfly has been 

 reported to have been met with of late years in various 

 localities in the South of England, and some of the records 

 appear to be trustworthy. There is no reason why it should 

 not be really a British insect, and we have therefore called 

 special attention to it in the present work. 



The larva is green, with dark green lines on the back, and 

 yellow stripes on the sides. It feeds on grass in May. 



THE SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY. CCENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS. 

 [Plate XXXIV., Figs. 5, 6.) 



Papilio pampliilus, Linn., Syst. Nat. (x.), i., p. 472, no. S6 

 (175S); id. Faun. Suec. (ii.), p. 273, no. 1044 (1761); 

 Esper, Schmett., i., pt. 1, p. 282, pi. 21, fig. 3 (1777); 

 i., pt. 2, p. 133, pi. 78, fig. 4 (17S2). 



Hipparchia pamphilus, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 69 

 (1828). 



Coenonympha pampliilus, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 

 42, pi. 13, fig. S (1879); Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 

 310, pi. 77, fig. 5 (1S84) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., p. 263, 

 pi. 36, figs. 2, 2, a-f (1893) ; Buckler, Larva; of Brit. Butter- 

 flies and Moths, i., p. 172, pi. 6, fig. 4 (iS85). 



This Butterfly, as its English name denotes, is the smallest of 

 its genus, seldom expanding much more than an inch across the 

 wings. It is tawny, with narrow brown hind-margins, and a 

 brown dot at the tip of the fore-wings, which corresponds to a 



