[Colesborne.
DUSKY COPPER BUTTERFLY (MALE, FEMALE, AND UNDERSIDE).
Taken near Ilfracombe, August, 1887.
The group of the Satyrs contains a great variety of moderate-sized brown or tawny butterflies, usually with round spots centred with white towards the margins of the wings. Many species are common in meadows; others, which are dark brown or black, with red, white-centred marginal spots, are numerous in mountainous countries, and two species are found in the north of England and Scotland. The caterpillars of the Satyrs are usually smooth and green, with a forked tail, and the pupæ are formed on the surface of the ground.
The great Blue Butterflies of South America form another group of Brush-footed Butterflies.
The second family is almost entirely American, and is only represented in England by a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, called the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary. The caterpillar is reddish, and feeds on primroses. It is not a very abundant species in England.
Photo by W. Saville-Kent, F.Z.S., Milford-on-Sea.
NEW GUINEA GOLDEN BUTTERFLY.