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GREEN HAIRSTREAK. 



PLATE XXXVIII. 



Thecla rtihi, Leach. Stephens. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. 



PajjiUo rnhi, Linnaeus. Lewin. Hawoeth. 



" " Donovan. Wilkes. Hakkis. Albin. 



Lijcus riihi, HuBNEE. 



This "j)etite" species is not uncommon, though only of local 

 distribution. I have taken it in tolerable plenty at Buttercrambe 

 Moor, near Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, and the warren on the 

 east cliff near Charmouth, Dorsetshire. In the following places 

 it is also to be found: — -Barnwell and Ashton Wold, and the 

 neighbourhood of Polebrook, Northamptonshire; near Great 

 Bedwyn and Saram, Wiltshire. It occurs throughout the whole 

 of England in suitable situations, but is only found in Scotland 

 in the southern districts. 



This pretty little insect occurs in the perfect state at the end 

 of May or beginning of June, and a second brood appears the 

 beginning of August. It frequents thorn and bramble bushes 

 in the more uncultivated parts of the country. 



The caterpillar is to be found in the middle of July. 



It feeds on the bramble, f Ruhus fruUcosus,) broom, ( Spar- 

 tium scoparium,) dyer's weed, f Genista tinctoria,) and other 

 plants. 



The wings expand to the width of from rather over an inch 

 to an inch and a quarter. The fore wings are of a uniform 

 bronzed brown colour, with a dark spot in the middle near 

 the front edge. The base of these wings has a tinge of green. 

 The hind wings are of a similar colour. 



Underneath, the fore wings arc of a beautiful metallic "rcen 



