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PLATE XXXVIII.<br />
Thecla rubi, LEACH. STEPHENS.<br />
90<br />
GREEN HAIRSTREAK.<br />
" " CUETIS. DUNCAN.<br />
Papilio rubi, LINNJEUS. TJEWIN. HAWORTH.<br />
" " DONOVAN. WILKES. HAEEIS. ALBIN.<br />
Lycus rubi, HUBNEE.<br />
THIS "petite" species is not uncommon, though only of local<br />
distribution. I have taken it in tolerable plenty at Buttercrambe<br />
Moor, near Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, and the warren on the<br />
east cliff near Charmouth, Dorsetshire. In the following places<br />
it is also to be found:—Barmvell and Ashton Wold, and the<br />
neighbourhood of Polebrook, Northamptonshire; near Great<br />
Bedwyn and Sarum, Wiltshire. It occurs throughout the whole<br />
of England in suitable situations, but is only found in Scotland<br />
in the southern districts.<br />
This pretty little insect occurs in the perfect state at the end<br />
of May or beginning of June, and a second brood appears the<br />
beginning of August. It frequents thorn and bramble bushes<br />
in the more uncultivated parts of the country.<br />
The caterpillar is to be found in the middle of July.<br />
It feeds on the bramble, (Rubus fruticosus,) broom, (Spar-<br />
tium scoparium,) dyer's weed, (Genista tinctoria,) and other<br />
plants.<br />
The wings expand to the width of from rather over an inch<br />
to an inch and a quarter. The fore wings are of a uniform<br />
bronzed brown colour, with a dark spot in the middle near<br />
the front edge. The base of these wings has a tino-e of oreen.<br />
The hind wings are of a similar colour.<br />
Underneath, the fore wings are of a beautiful metallic green
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