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2. Various grasses. 



3. June to July. 



4. Marshy heaths and moorlands. 



Coenonympha pamphilus. SMALL 

 HEATH. 



1. A common and generally distributed insect through- 

 out the British Isles. 



2. Crested Dog's-tail Grass (Cynosunts cristatus), Annual 

 Meadow Grass (Poa anniiti), and other grasses. 



3. Double-brooded ; May and August. 



4. Heaths, downs, meadows, and wood clearings. 



Thecla betulae. BROWN HAIRSTREAK. 



1. Rare but very widely distributed ; it does not appear 

 to be restricted to any particular part of England, but in 

 Ireland it is chiefly confined to the South-west. There is 

 at present no record of its occurrence in Scotland. 



2. Birch (Bctula alba) and Sloe (Primus spinosa). 



3. July to October. 



4. Woods and brambly hedges. 



