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THECLA PUUNI ; or, PLUME HAIR- 

 S-TUB AK BUTTERFLY. This insect is in many 

 i parts of England considered scarce, while in 

 i others it frequently abounds ; myriads, in- 

 deed, may sometimes be seen hovering over 

 the flowers and bramble blossoms in one 

 district, though in another part, not very 

 remote perhaps, hardly one is to be seen. 

 From the beginning to the middle of July 

 is the usual time of its appearing. Wingg 

 above deep black or brown, immaculate ; 

 Ixineath paler ; anterior with a transverse 

 abbreviated white streak on the costa towards 

 the apex : posterior wings with a similar 

 streak, which becomes of a zig-zag form, 

 ! gradually lessening towards the inner mar- 

 I gin : beyond this is an irregular deep-rufous 

 i orange marginal band, edged internally with 

 black, and sometimes accompanied by a nar- 

 I row white streak, and spotted with black 

 ] externally; the tailed appendages are black, 

 | tipped with white, those of the lemalea being 



I the longest. Body block above, drab-colour 

 beneath ; the legs bluish j antennas black, 

 i with white rings, and an orange tip. Ca- 

 terpillar dusky green, with whitish lateral 

 lines; the back dentated : it feeds 011 the 

 blackthorn. Chrysalis dusky-brown, with 

 a white head. 



THECLA Rum; or GREEJT HAIH- 

 STKKAK BUTTERFLY. This is a pretty but 

 not very abundant species ; it frequents 

 hedges and bramble bushes, upon the buds 



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of which shrub its larvae feed. Colour of the 

 wings above dusky brown, with the nervures 

 blackish : beneath green, the anterior wings 



usually immaculate, with the thinner margin 

 pale dusky-brown : the posterior wings not 

 tailed, but denticulated on the hinder margin 

 with an interrupted series of white dots : 

 the cilia, both above and below, are brown, 

 dotted with black on the posterior wings : 

 body deep brown above, pale beneath. Ca- 

 terpillar green and yellow, with black head : 

 it feeds on the bramble, saintfoiu, and broom. 

 Chrysalis brown. 



THECLA BETUL.E ; or BROWX HAIR- 

 STREAK BUTTERFLY. This insect resorts 

 chiefly to birch woods, but cannot be con- 

 sidered a very common species any where. 

 Wings above dark brown : the anterior with 

 a transverse black streak at the apex of the 



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basal nreolct ; beyond which, in the female, 

 is a large kidney-shaped orange spot, and 

 in the male a slight fulvous cloud : the pos- 



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terior wings have a tawny spot on the inner 

 angle, and a streak of the same on the tail : 

 beiicath, the sexes resemble each other, but 

 the colours are more vivid in the female : 

 all the wings are orange-tawny, with a 

 bright orange margin ; the posterior ones 



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