112 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



received the English name of Fritillary, but it is not 

 in any way related to the species we have last been 

 considering. 



All the wings are blackish-brown with tawny spots, 

 those along the hind margin each contain a central 

 black dot. On the underside of the hind-wings are two 

 rows of white spots ; one at the base and one near the 

 centre. 



The larva, shaped like a woodlouse, is dingy olive, 

 with yellow and orange spots, and with tufts of hair of 

 a reddish-orange ; it feeds on primrose and cowslip in 

 June and July. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May and 

 beginning of June. 



FAMILY IV. 



THECLA BETULM. THE BEOWN HAIE- 

 STEEAK BUTTEEFLY. 



(Plate II., Fig. 2.) 



This pugnacious little butterfly frequents hedgerows 

 and borders of woods in the south of England, but is 

 not common. It appears to be more plentiful in the 

 south-west of Ireland. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1J inches. The 

 fore-wings are of a rich brown, in the male with an in- 

 distinct yellowish blotch beyond the middle (in the 

 female this blotch is larger, distinct, and orange) ; the 

 hind- wings are of a rich brown, with two or three orange 

 spots near the anal angle. On the underside all the 

 wings are of an ashy-fulvous ; the hind-wings have two 

 transverse white lines. 



The larva, shaped like a woodlouse, is pale green 



