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among it, and when disturbed flying only a few yards to 

 settle again, with closed wings like its allies. Not averse to 

 flying in cloudy weather, nor greatly enlivened by the hottest 

 sunshine. Apparently not yet met with in the Orkney and 

 Shetland Isles, though common in the Hebrides and through- 

 out Scotland as far as Morayshii-e. Said to have disappeared 

 from some parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but other- 

 wise plentiful throughout England, Wales, and Ireland. 

 Abroad, very widely distributed throughout Europe, Northern 

 and Western Asia, and North Africa. 



Family 9.— HESPERID-ffi, 



Head broad, strongly tufted with hair-scales in front. 

 Antennas set widely apart, and having the club thick and 

 generally curved ; sometimes furnished with a terminal hook. 

 Legs all complete ; thorax broad ; abdomen rather stout. 

 Fore wings triangular and usually somewhat pointed. Hind 

 wings without abdominal cell or groove. 



Swift, active butterflies, of small size, usually of some shade 

 of brown colour. Although strong in the wing, not given to 

 flying to any distance, nor to resting upon trees. Usually fre- 

 quenting grassy places among bushes or open rough ground. 



LAEViE with large round heads; bodies smooth and taper- 

 ing or fusiform ; usually inhabiting rolled-up leaves. 



PUP^ smooth, thickest in the middle, tapering to a point 

 at the tail ; usually in a slight cocoon. 



Genus 1. SYRICHTHUS. 



Antennae short ; club not hooked ; abdomen short. Wings 

 with the hind margins entire, rounded, and having strongly 

 chequered black and white cilia ; erect during sleep, but 

 when merely resting the fore wings are half raised, while the 

 hind are horizontal. 



