HIPPARCHIA. 233 



The Butterfly is found on heaths, especially in rocky and 

 stony places, chiefly on the chalk and limestone. It is very 

 common in many parts of the British Islands, though some- 

 what local, and is met with in July and August. On the Con- 

 tinent it is widely distributed. It frequently settles on rocks 

 and on the trunks of trees. A very dark local form is found 

 in Madeira. 



The larva is light green, with darker longitudinal lines, and 

 brownish legs. It feeds on grass in April and May. The 

 pupa is likewise green. 



THE RINGLET. HIPPARCHIA HYPERANTHUS. 

 (Plate XXX III., Figs. 4, 5.) 



Papilio hyperanthuS) Linn. Syst. Nat., x., p. 471, no. 85 



(1758); id. Faun. Suec. (ii.), p. 273, no. 1043 (1761); 



Esper, Schmett., i., pt. i, p. 78, pi. 5, fig. i (1777); i., pt. 



2, p. 38, pi. 57, figs. 2-4 (1780). 

 ffipparchia hyperanthus, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust, i., p. 60, 



(1828); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Butterflies and Moths, i., 



p. 170, pi. 5, fig. 3(1886). 

 Epinephele hyperanthus, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 



39, pi. 13, fig. 3 (1878) ; Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 



302, pi. 74, fig. 4 (1884); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., i., 



p. 231, pi. 35 (1893). 



Var. Hipparchia arete. 

 Var. Papilio arete^ Miill., Faun. Fridr., p. 36, no. 330 



(1764). 



Papilio polymeda, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., i., fig. 172* (1794?). 

 Epinephele hyperanthus, var. arete, Lang, loc. tit., p. 302, pi. 



74, fig. 5 (1884). 



This is a smaller Butterfly than the Grayling, measuring about 



u 2 



