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bright green, with an obscure line on the back and sides, feeds 
on the cat’s-tail grass. Chrysalis yellowish. Throughout Eng- 
land; Suffolk, Essex, Devon. and Wilts. 
Tue GATE Kerrer (H. Tithonus, Srepuens) appears the mid- 
die of July. Wings one inch five-twelfths to five-sixths ; aboye 
with the dise tawny-yellow ; the first pair with an eyelet on both 
sides towards the tip; second pair with a faint eyelet towards the 
posterior angle, and beneath with from three to five white points ; 
female larger. Caterpillar, greenish, with white lines and brown 
head, feeds on the annual meadow grass. Chrysalis green. 
Abundant near London; Yorkshire, and Northumberland. 
Tar MeEAnow Brown (H. Janira, Leacn) appears in the be- 
ginning of June and July. Wings one inch and a half to two 
inches; above nearly black ; first pair with a black eyelet near 
the tip in the male, and in the female (H. Jurdina, Linn.) a tawny- 
orange blotch, in which is aneyelet; second pair grey underneath, 
with an ashy band. Caterpillar, green, with a white streak on 
the sides, feeds on the meadow grass. Chrysalis yellowish, 
with black streaks on the breast and wing-cases. Near London, 
north of England, and Scotland, abundant. 
Tu ARRAN Brown (H. Ligea, Srernens) appears about July 
or August. Wings one inch five-sixths to two inches; above 
brown, with a red band ; first pair with four or five eyelets on 
both sides ; second pair above with three eyelets, and underneath 
with a short white band. Caterpillar green, with a black stripe 
on the back, and several white ones; head reddish yellow. 
Local. Isle of Arran, Scotland. 
Tak Scorcu Rineier (HM. Blandina, LeAcn) appears in August. 
Wings one inch five-sixths to two inches; above brown, with a 
reddish band towards the hinder margin, in which, on the first 
pair, are four black eye-like spots, having white pupils ; second 
pair underneath with an ashy band: varies much in colour, the 
females lightest. Local. Isle of Arran, and near Durham. 
Tut BANDED Brown (H. Mnestra, Sreruens). Said to be 
British by mistake. 
Tak Mountain RiNGvEt (H. Cassiope, Srreaens) appears in 
July. Wings one inch one-fourth to five-twelfths ; silken brown, 
with a red band, in which are several eye-like black spots. 
Scarce, or rather local. Ambleside, Westmoreland, and in Cum- 
berland, 
Tar Rinerer (H. Hyperanthus, Leacn) appears the end of 
June. Wings one inch and a half to eleven-twelfths ; brown, 
paler beneath ; first pair above with one or more eye-like spots, 
and three underneath ; second pair above with two eyelets; un. 
derneath with two conjoining eyelets near the anterior margin, 
and three behind: varies much in the size and number of the 
Spots. Caterpillar, whitish grey, sometimes black, with a brown 
Stripe, feeds on and resides at the roots of the annual meadow 
Brass. Chrysalis bright brown with obscure streaks. Abundant 
throughout Britain : Dartmoor, Devonshire, Shooter’s Hill, and 
Penge Common, Kent. 
