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biitf ; spiracles and raised dots black ; through the uuder- 

 surface run a central line and three pairs of side lines, all 

 composed of grey freckles. (Uev. J. Hellins.) 



May and June. The larva from which the above descrip- 

 tion was made was fed u]) in confinement on leaves of 

 Gletnatis vitalha ; but this ])laut is totally absent from the 

 usual haunts of the insect, and its food in a natural state 

 remains still a problem for solution. Clearly it must be some 

 plant common upon rough mountain sides, and analogy 

 suggests one of the order Ranunadacea'. Dr. Chapman has 

 noticed Thalir/nim olpiiium in its Scottish haunts. 



PrPA one-third of an inch long ; cylindrical and rather 

 blunt at the ends ; polished ; at first of a delicate, almost 

 golden-l)rown, afterwards more reddish-brown. Placed just 

 beneath the surface of the earth without any cocoon further 

 than a few silken threads. (Rev. J. Hellins.) 



The winter is passed in the egg state. 



I have no personal knowledge of this species when alive, 

 so am glad to make use of the observations of Mr. Kenneth 

 J. Morton : " It occurred over a rather extensive tract of 

 rough upland ])asture. The hill runs up to a little over 

 1000 ft,, but the insect is found at 700 to 800 ft. on rushy 

 flats, where the prevailing plants are two kinds of rushes, 

 some carices. bent grass, scabious, and rarely heather, the 

 latter being common on bog lands below and on the rocky 

 ground above. It may have been about l.SO P.M. when the 

 first specimen appeared crawling up a grass-stem ; half an 

 hour later another flew, and others in quick succession. 

 'J'hese were all rather worn, and they seemed to fly of their 

 own accord, though rather feebly ; yet if alarmed they went 

 off with a quicker, jerky, doubling flight. At dusk darker 

 and more perfect specimens began to accompany the others, 

 and as soon as it was dark their flight seemed to come to an 

 end. The female either is rare or flies seldom, probably the 

 latter.'' All accounts seem to agree as to its freipienting 



