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SMALL MEADOW BROWN. 



LARGE HEATH, (gATE-KEEPER.) 

 PLATE XVIII. 



Hipparchia Tithonus, Ochsenheimer. Stephens. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. VVestwood. 



Papilio Tithonus, Linnaeus. Lewin. Harris. 



Pyronia Tithonus, Hubner. 



Papilio Tithonius, Villars. 



Hcrst, Hubner. 



PhtEdni, ESPER. 



" PiloscUa, Fabricius. Haworih. 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 butterfly's existence; for though some of them, of several 

 kinds, live throughout the winter in a dormant state, appearing 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, 

 thev belong. 



This is a very common British species, and is widely distributed, 

 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 annua, or annual meadow grass, and also, 

 according to Haworth, on the Hicracium pilosella. 



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

 inch and three quarters. Their ground-colour on the upper side is 

 a mixture of red, yellow, and brown. The fore wings are brown at 

 the base and on the front edge, and they have a broad margin also 



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