SMALL HEATH. Ill 



as Vacciniums, Cotton-grasses, the three conimo.1 Heath?, 

 &c. &c. with great variety in the elevation pme oi 

 the ground lying very high. 



1. 



THE SMALL HEATH B OTTf EKFLY. 



(Coenonympha Pamphilus.) (Plate VI. fig. 7.) 



This is the pretty little tawny-coloured butterfly that 

 mixes with the sportive group of "Blues," Meadow 

 Browns, &c. on heaths, downs, and grassy fields. 



The general colour of the upper surface is a tawny 

 yellow or buff, shaded with a darker tint of brown at 

 the edges and at the bases of the hind wings. On the 

 under side it may be distinguished from G. Davus by 

 the absence of the clearly defined black eye-spoU which the 

 latter has. It is usually much inferior in size to the 

 last. 



The caterpillar, which feeds on the common grasses, 

 is of a bright apple-green colour, with three darker 

 green stripes bordered with a whitish tint, the largest 

 stripe being that on the back. 



The butterfly abounds* all over the camtTy, from 

 June till September. 



