SSLALL HEATH. Ill 



as Vacciniums, Cotton-grasses, the three commo.i Heathi, 

 &c. &c. with great variety in the elp/*tion. ome of 

 the ground lying very high. 



THE SMALL HEATH 

 (Coenonympha Pamphilus.) (Plate VI. fig. 7.) 



THIS is the pretty little tawny-coloured butterfly tliat 

 mixes with the sportive group of "Blues," Meadow 

 Browns, &c. on heaths, downs, and grassy fields. 



The general colour o f the upper surface is a tawny 

 yellow or bufi^ shaded with a darker tint of brown at 

 the edges and at the bases of the hind wings. On the 

 under side it may be distinguished from (?. Davus by 

 the absence of the clearly defined black eye-spots which the 

 latter has. It is usually much inferior in size to tho 

 last 



The caterpillar, which feeds on the common grasses, 

 is of a bright apple-green colour, with three darker 

 green stripes bordered with a whitish tint, the largest 

 Btripe being that on the back. 



The butterfly abound* a&\ over the oomtry, froro 

 June till September 



