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SMALL MEADOW BROWN. 



LARGE HEATH, (gATE-KEEPER.) 



PLATE XVIII. 



Jlifparclda TUliomis, Ochsenheimek. Stephens. 



" " CuETis. Duncan. Westwood. 



Papilio T'dliormsy Linnjeus. Lewin. Harris. 



Fyronia Tithonus, Hubner. 



Papilio Tithonius, Villars. 



Papilio Herse, Hubnee. 



Papilio Pliccdra, Espee. 



Papilio Pilosella, . Fabeicius. Hawortii. Donovan. 



One great advantage in the pursuit of entomology is, that 

 no day in the year is, at least no day need be, a 'dies non;' 

 there is always something to be met "with, even in the depth 

 of winter, "something to please, and something to instruct." 

 The summer, however, is the hey-day of the butterflies exis- 

 tence; for even though some of them, of several species, live 

 throughout the winter in a dormant state, a])pearing again in 

 early spring, when some hot day calls them forth from their 

 retreat to renewed life, yet it is the former season to which, 

 even to a proverb, they belong. 



This is a very common British species, and is widely dis- 

 tributed, occurring in lanes and meadows. 



It appears about the middle of July. 



The caterpillar is to be found in the beginning of June. 



It feeds on the Poa amiua, or annual meadow grass, and 

 also, according to Haworth, on the Hieracium pilosella. 



The wings expand to the width of from one inch and a 

 half to an inch and tinx'C-quarters. Their ground-colour on the 



