184 THE INSECT WORLD. 
The Thecla betule (Fig. 148), or Brown Hair-streak, is somewhat 
rare in this country. 

Fig, 148.—Thecla betule. 
The Purple Hair-streak (Thecla quercus, Fig. 149), which 
Geoffroy calls the “ Porte-queue bleu a une bande blanche,” is not 





































Fig. 149.—Thecla quercus. 
rare in woods; but it is very difficult to catch, as it flies, nearly 
always by couples, at the top of trees. We still further represent 
here the Black Hair-streak (Thecla pruni, Fig. 150), and the Green 
Hair-streak (Thecla rubi, Fig. 151). 
In the meadows are found the Copper Butterflies; butterflies 
with wings of a bright, tawny colour, with black marks on the upper 
side. Such is the Polyommatus (Lycena) phleas (Fig. 152), which 
is very common from the end of May until late in the autumn. 
