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grass. The butterfly is usually seen in moist glades or in 

 marshy grounds, and is not uncommon in the south. 



'HiPPARCHiA TITHOXUS. Large Heath. Surface of the 

 wings ochre-red, with the base and a broad margin dark 

 brown ; the upper wings have a large black spot with two 

 minute white points, and the under pair a small ocellus 

 just above the dark band. On the under side, the primary 

 wings are similarly coloured to the upper, but the hinder 

 pair are greyish-brown, with an irregular light band across 

 the middle, in which there are usually four minute white 

 points, surrounded with brown. The male is more deeply 

 coloured, and has a brown cloudy mark on the primary 

 wings. The caterpillar is green, with a reddish line on each 

 side, and feeds on the Poa annua, or meadow-grass. The 

 perfect insect is small, and of frequent occurrence. 



HIPPARCHIA PAMPHILUS. Small Heath. This species 

 is still smaller than the preceding, only measuring thirteen 

 lines; the colour of the upper side is light ochre-yellow, 

 with the outer margins dusky, and surrounded by a fringe 

 of whitish hairs ; the primary wings on the under side are 

 ash-coloured at the tip, and ornamented with a black ocellus, 

 having a white pupil; the secondary wings are greenish- 

 brown at the base, the rest ash-coloured and brownish-grey, 



