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SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY. 
Hippafchia Pamphilus. 
PLATE XXVI. Fig. 3. 
Pap. Pamphilus, Linn. — Lewin, pi. 23. — The Small Heath 
or Gate Keeper, Harris, Aurel. pi. 21. — Golden Heath 
Eye, Petiver. 
This pretty little butterfly is very common in all 
parts of the country, on heaths and upland pastures. 
It appears first in the beginning of June, and there 
is a second flight in September. The expansion of 
the wings is usually about 13 or 14 lines : the co- 
lour of the upper side light ochre-yellow, the outer 
margin of the wings slightly dusky, and surrounded 
with a fringe of rather long whitish hairs. The pri- 
mary wings on the under side are ash-coloured on 
the anterior edge and at the tip, the latter ornament- 
ed with a conspicuous black ocellus, with a white 
pupil, and a pale ring externally : the situation of 
this ocellus is indicated on the upper side by a dusky 
spot. The secondary wings are pubescent, green- 
ish-brown at the base, the centre ash-coloured, and 
the hinder part brownish-grey, with a few whitish 
points encircled by a yellow ring, which, however, 
are always indistinct, and often obliterated. The 
antennae are brownish, with w'hite rings. 
