I82 LEPIDOPTERA. 



thorax, pointing towards tlie head, with a silvery metallic 

 spot on each side, another metallic spot on each side of the 

 head, and two rows, of four each, along the abdomen ; beyond 

 them three pairs of dark brown united streaks ; spiracles 

 distinctly black ; wing-cases with black blotches at the base, 

 middle, and edge, and a black spot on each eye ; whole surface 

 delicately reticulated with blackish-brown. (Buckler.) 



Mr. Buckler says that the larva, unlike that of ^. Euphro- 

 syne, has an aversion to the sun's rays, and reposes usually on 

 the under side of the leaves or shaded parts of the stems, feed- 

 ing, while young, on the youngest and tenderest leaves, and, 

 only when well grown, attacks those which are more mature. 



In habits and in fondness for woodlands this butterfly 

 closely resembles the preceding, and indeed is constantly 

 found associated with it, appearing in its fresh beauty when 

 the other is becoming worn. It, however, prefers damp 

 woods, and from this cause is somewhat more local, but, on 

 the other hand, may often be found in marshy spots away 

 from woods, and even in damp hollows by road-sides. ]\Iore- 

 over, it loves moist slopes of the sea cliffs, where the vegeta- 

 tion is tall and coarse, and in such places chooses to rest 

 upon the blossom-heads of tall grasses, with which its colours 

 and silvery spots, when at rest with closed wings, harmonise 

 most exquisitely. The Rev. E. N. Bloomfield has noticed it 

 doing the same in woods, where four, or even six specimens 

 would settle for repose upon a head of Luzida campcstris, 

 their colour matching it so accurately that they were hardly 

 to be observed, except from the overloaded appearance of the 

 seed-head. 



Plentiful iu suitable localities throughout the greater part 

 of England and Wales, and even widely distributed as far 

 north as Yorkshire ; has been seen in Durham, and is even 

 abundant in some parts of Cumberland and Westmoreland. 

 Common also in Eoss-shire and many other localities in 

 Scotland, as far as the districts of Moray and Argyle. Ex- 



