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chiefly inhabits the Midland and in Ireland the Southern 

 and Eastern counties. 



2. Oak (Quercus rolur). 

 3. July to August. 

 4. Oak woods. 



Thecla nubi. GREEN HAIRSTREAK. 



1.- Like Quercus as regards distribution, but more 

 abundant in Scotland than that species, and not quite so 

 common in England. 



2. Bramble (Rubns fniticosus), Broom (Cytisus scoparius), 

 and Birch (Bctula alba). 



3. May to June. 



4. Woods, heaths, and waste places about bramble 



bushes. 



Polyommatus dispar. LARGE COPPER. 



1. Formerly abundant in the fens of Cambridgeshire 

 and Huntingdonshire, until about the year 1847, when it 

 rapidly disappeared, and is now absolutely extinct. It was 

 never observed in Scotland or Ireland. 



2. Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathmn) . 



3. July to August. 



4. Fens and marshy places. 



