The British Butterflies Described 



not so range far north. Wings, a bright tawny red 

 inclining to yellow, bordered with dark brown, with an 

 indistinct diagonal bar across the wings in the male. 

 There is also a black spot near the tip of the fore-wings 

 containing two tiny white spots ; occasionally there are 

 two small eye-spots on the hind-wings also. The 

 under side of the hind-wing is shaded with red-brown 

 and pale ochre, and bears a few small white spots 

 surrounded by red rings. Under side of the upper 

 wing is pale tawny yellow with outer edge dark ; there 

 is a black spot at the tip with two white dots in it. 



The caterpillar varies from green to grey-brown ; 

 there is a dark red line along the back, and two light 

 lines run along each side. It is a grass-feeder, and 

 prefers a drier situation than the last species. Perhaps 

 this is the reason for it being found in Ayrshire, the 

 driest and sandiest county in Scotland. July and 

 August arc the butterfly's months. 



THE RINGLET BUTTERFLY (Epincphelc Hyperanthus), 

 Plate IX., Fig. 9. This is a common and not very 

 attractive-looking butterfly. Its colours, if it can be 

 said to have any, are dingy in the extreme. The upper 

 surface is a dark sooty-brown hardly relieved by a few 

 faint eye-spots, which are very small and not always 

 present. A dirty white fringe completes the upper 

 side. The under side affords some compensation, 

 however, for here we have the ringlets in some variety 

 pale yellow for the outer ring, which encloses black 

 with a white spot in the centre. They are arranged 

 three on the upper wing and five on the lower. They 

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