102 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



The female is a little smarter in her attire, having an 

 orange-tawny patch on the front wing. 



Beneath, both sexes are nearly alike; the general 

 colour of the front wing being fulvous, or orange-brcwn, 

 with a cool-brown margin. The hind wings are marked 

 with tints of a duller brown, varying much in distinct- 

 ness in different specimens. 



The caterpillar is green, with a white stripe on each 

 side. Eeeds on grasses. 



The butterfly abounds almost everywhere, from June 

 till the end of August. 



THE LAEGE HEATH BUTTERFLY. 



(Hipparchia Tithonus.) (Plate YI. fig. 2, Male.) 



THOUGH much less abundant than the last, this is 

 another very common species, and met with throughout 

 England and the south of Scotland. 



The ground tint above is a rich rust-colour, or orange- 

 brown, bordered with dark-brown; the base of the wings 

 also slightly clouded with the same ; and on each front 

 wing, near the tip, there is a black eye-spot, with two 

 white dots. So far, both sexes are similar; but the 

 male has, in addition, a bar of dark-brown across the 

 centre of the rust-coloured space, on the upper wing. 

 This sex is that figured on the plate. 



