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in the north of England and Scotland. It occurs at 

 Wharfedale, in Yorkshire, near Kendal, Colne, and at 

 Castle Eden Dene. 



The expansion of the wings is very nearly 2 inches ; 

 the fore- wings are of a rich dark brown, with a reddish 

 patch beyond the middle, in which are two white-centred 

 black spots, close together, near the tip, and a third lies 

 towards the anal angle. The hind- wings are of a rich 

 dark brown, with a reddish patch beyond the middle, 

 which contains three white-centred black spots, and 

 above them a smaller black spot. 



The perfect insect makes its appearance about the 

 middle of July, and may be met with till the middle of 

 August ; it frequents grassy places on hill- sides. 



The smaller allied species, Erebia Cassiope, is more 

 truly a mountain insect, seldom occurring but at a con- 

 siderable elevation, where it frequents marshy hollows 

 on the mountain-sides. Mr. Bibbs has recorded in the 

 ' Intelligencer,' vol. vii., p. 132, its occurrence in July, 

 1847, on the roadside skirting Loch Vennachar, leading 

 from Callander to the Trossachs. It occurs on many of 

 the mountains of the Cumberland Lake district ; in 

 Scotland it has been observed at Eannoch, in Perthshire, 

 and in various other localities. Mr. E. C. Buxtononce 

 fell in with it in extreme profusion. 



FAMILY II. NYMPH ALID^;. Subfamily Satyridi. 



CCENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS. THE SMALL 

 HEATH BUTTEEFLY. 



This pretty little species is generally distributed, and 

 very plentiful throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is little more than 1 inch . 



