98 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



The expansion of the wings is from If to nearly 2 

 inches. The fore-wings are dull brown ; in the male 

 there is a small fulvous ring near the tip, containing a 

 white-centred black spot ; in the female, instead of 

 simply a small fulvous ring, there is a large central ful- 

 vous patch. The hind-wings are dull brown, with no 

 markings. 



The larva is pale apple-green, with a white stripe on 

 each side; it feeds in May on Smooth- stalked Meadow- 

 grass (Poa pratensis) and other grasses. 



The perfect insect makes its appearance towards the 

 end of June, and continues out till August ; it is very 

 plentiful in hayfields and meadows. 



Somewhat similar to the Meadow Brown Butterfly, 

 but rather smaller, and with a large central fulvous 

 patch on each wing, is Hipparchia Tithonus, which is 

 common in woods and lanes, in July and August, in the 

 southern and midland counties of England. We fre- 

 quently see it sitting on bramble blossoms. A male of 

 this species is shown on Plate L, Fig. 4. 



Another allied species frequenting woods and thickets 

 in July is the Ringlet Butterfly (Hipparchia hyper an- 

 thus) ; this has the wings of a sooty-brown, with no ful- 

 vous patches, but with several white-centred black spots, 

 each in a pale tawny ring ; of these spots there are from 

 one to three on the upperside of the fore- wing, two on 

 the hind- wing ; on the underside of the hind-wing there 

 are frequently five of these spots. 



FAMILY II. NYMPHALID.E. Subfamily Satyndi. 

 EBEBIA BLANDINA. THE SCOTCH ARGUS. 

 This is rather a mountain species, and is only found 



