128 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XLI. 
Insects.—Fig. 1. PamphilaComma, male. 2. The female. 3. Showing the under side. 4. The Caterpillar. 
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ig. 5. Pamphila Acton, male. 6. The female. 7. Another specimen. 
Fig. 8. Pamphila Linea, male. 9. The female. 10, Showing the under side. 11. The Caterpillar. 12. The Chrysalis. 
Prants.—Figs. 13 and 14. Ornithopus perpusillus (Bird’s-foot. ) 
The Pamphila Commas are from remarkably well-marked specimens in the British Museum, the caterpillar from Htibner. P. Action, 5, 6, 
are from Hiibner’s figures ; 7 is from aspecimen taken by myself at Shenstone, near Lichfield, in 1835, where it was in great abundance; but I 
did not at the time, being a very inexperienced collector, remark that it differed from P, Linea. The specimens of P. Linea are from 
Mr. Doubleday’s collection, and the caterpillar and chrysalis are from Hiibner. H.N. H. 

SPECIES 3.—PAMPHILA COMMA. THE PEARL, OR SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER. 
Plate xli. fig. 1—4. 
Synonymes.— Papilio Comma, Linnwzus, Haworth, Lewin, Pap. | © Pamphila Comma, Fabricius (Gloss.), Stephens, Duncan, Brit. 
pl. 45, fig. 1, 2. Donovan 9, pl. 295. Hiibner, Pap. 795, fig. Butt. 2, pl. 2, fig. 2; Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 3, f. 81. 
179—481. Augiades Comma, Hibner (Verz. bek. Schmett.) 
Hesperia Comma, Fabricius, Ocbzenheimer, Curtis, Boisduval, Female, Hesperia Sylvanus, Jermyn. 
Zetterstedt. | 
This local species bears considerable resemblance to the preceding, but is distinguished by its darker and more 
varied appearance, especially on the under side, caused by the pearly white spots, the very different shape of the 
fore wings in the males, and the different form of the club of the antennie, and the terminal hook of the club. 
The fore wings measure about one third of an inch in expanse. On the upper side the wings are of a dark, 
tawny orange, varied with brown, with the veins black. In the males the basal and central parts are tawny, 
with an elongated, rather narrowed, incrassated black patch, the middle ridge of which is glossy ; in the female the 
basal and middle part of the wings (except the space between the postcostal and median veins, which is tawny) 
is dusky ; the outer margin in both sexes is broadly dusky, with a very irregular, and mach broken and curved 
series of small spots, which are larger, more distinct, and paler-coloured in the females. The hind wings are 
dusky, with the disk obscure tawny, marked obscurely with about five paler spots in the middle and towards the 
outer angle. On the under side the hind wings and the tips of the fore wings have a greenish tinge, which is 
brighter in the females ; the hind wings marked with eight or nine squarish, silvery white spots, three towards 
the base (two of which are often confluent), and the remainder forming a much-curved series parallel with the 
margin. All these spots are emarginate on the outside. The antenne are annulated. 
The larva is obscure green, marked with reddish, and shining; the head black : the neck with a white collar, 
and a row of black dots on the back and sides, It feeds on Coronilla varia on the Continent. The chrysalis is 
elongated and cylindrical. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August, frequenting chalky districts near Croydon, and on the chalky 
downs near Lewes, Sussex. The Devil’s Dyke, near Newmarket, and Old Sarum, Wilts, are recorded by 
Stephens as the localities of this uncommon species. In those places, however, it is very abundant. The Rev. 
W. T. Bree has also taken it near Dover. 
