. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE BEOWNS AND HEATHS 179 The caterpillar is green, and is rendered slightly rough by a nnuil>er of minute warts. There is also a white stripe on each side. It feeds on \arious grasses in the autumn, hybernates during the winter, and is full grown in May. The chrysalis is apple green, spotted with a lighter green, and has several black TJie Large Heath {Ejunejjhele TitJuDiiis) This butterfly is sometimes called the ' Small IMeadow l:>ro^\•n,' and is certainly much like the last species, both in colouring
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE BEOWNS AND HEATHS 179 The caterpillar is green, and is rendered slightly rough by a nnuil>er of minute warts. There is also a white stripe on each side. It feeds on \arious grasses in the autumn, hybernates during the winter, and is full grown in May. The chrysalis is apple green, spotted with a lighter green, and has several black TJie Large Heath {Ejunejjhele TitJuDiiis) This butterfly is sometimes called the ' Small IMeadow l:>ro^\•n,' and is certainly much like the last species, both in colouring and habits. The fore wings of the male (Plate Y, fig. 9) are liglit orange brown, bordered with dark bi'own, and having a broad patch of the same across the middle ; and near the costal angle is a round black spot with two wdiite dots. The hind wrings are dark brown with a patch of light orange brown near the centre, and a small eye-spot near the anal angle. The female is exactly similar, except that she does not possess the broad bar on the fore wings. The iinder side is shown in fig. 80, and is coloured with various shades of brown. This is a very common butterfly, and may be seen during .July in most English counties, also in the south of Scotland, and in a few localities in the south of Ireland. It fre(|uents meadows, heaths, downs, and lanes, like Janira, but is not nearly so abundant as that species. The yoimg caterpillar is hatched in August, and is still very small when it seeks its winter shelter among the stems of grasses. It resumes feeding in the following May, and is full grown towards the end of June. Its colour is very variable—pale green, olive green, or dull brown, with five longitudinal stripes at about ec^ual distances from each other. These consist of a dark one down the middle of the back, a pale line along each side, and another pale line midway between these. The chrysalis may be found at the end of .June, attached by X 2 Fig. -The Lakge Heath-
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