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GREEN HAIllSTREAK. 



IM.ATE XXXVIII. 



Tlucla nihi. Leach. Stephens. 



" Curtis. Duncan. 



Papilio ruhi, LiNNiEUS. Lewin. Hawouth. 



" " Donovan. Wilkes. Harris. Albin, 



Lyciis nil>t\ Hubner. 



This "petite" species is not uncommon, though only of local dis- 

 tribution. I liave taken it in tolerable plenty at Buttercrambe Moor, 

 near Stamford Bridge, Langwith, Stockton, and Sand Hutton, 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 Sarum, Wiltshire; and near Winchester and Bisterne, 

 in Hampshire; Brighton, in Sussex; Carlisle, Cumberland. In Wales, 

 near Marie and Conway. It occurs throughout the whole of England 

 in suitable situations, but in Scotland only in the southern districts. 

 It is abundant in the Isle of Mull. 



It is attached to woods and waste covers, and gardens near these. 



This pretty little insect appears 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 June and the middle of July. 



It feeds on the bramble, f Ruhus fruticosus,) broom, fSpartium 

 scoparium,) dyer's weed, (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. 



