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ANARTA MYRTILLI. 



BEAUTIFUL YELLOW-UNDERWI1S T G. 

 Plate LXVII. Figure 9. 



Localities for this species are Bromsgrove Lickey, Lang- 

 with, Buttercrambe Moor, Allerthorpe and Stockton Com- 

 mon near York, Wavendon, Huddersfield, Linwood near 

 Market Rasen, Falmouth, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Black 

 Park, Dunoon, Stirling, Bowdon, Lewes, Darlington, 

 Chat Moss, Tenterden, Ripon, Scarborough, Birkenhcad, 

 Preston, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Perry Wood near 

 Faversham, Lyndhurst. 



The situations where it is found are heaths and heathy 

 places. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is of a beautiful green colour, with 

 darker lines crossed by a series of yellowish white blots; 

 the spots white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September and October. 



It feeds on the heath (Calluna vulgaris}. 



The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of silk 

 mixed with earth. 



This species also flies in the sunshine. It is extremely 

 rapid on the wing. 



HELIODES ARBUTI. 

 SMALL YELLOW-UNDERWING. 



Plate LXVII. Figure 10. 

 Localities for this species are York, at Stockton Common, 



