60 THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 
in the preceding , and have the club attenuating to a point at the tip. The wings are horizon- 
tal or deflexed in repose, never being held erect, as is common with true Butterflies. We have 
but one British species. 
Nisoniades Tages (the Dingy Skipper, Nos. 7 to 11). This insect is not near so common as 
the preceding, but is yet found in some plenty in various localities. It is double brooded. The 
Caterpillar, which feeds in preference upon the Birds-foot-Trefoil, and Field Eryngo, appears in 
June and September ; the perfect insect in May and August. It is found most frequently on 
the slopes of hills, and in dry exposed places near woods. Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, and 
Dovedale, in Derbyshire, are mentioned as places where it has been recently captured in suffi- 
cient plenty. The Rev. F. O. Morris informs us, that it is found in great abundance in Ireland, 
at Ardrahan, near Galway. 
The genus Cyclopedes. The antenne of this genus are short and stout, and the club thick 
but not hooked at the tip. The front wings are long in proportion to the hinder pair. The 
sexes do not differ in colour. 
Cyclopedes Paniseus (the Chequered Skipper, Nos. 12 to 15). This pretty species is very 
local, but occasionally abundant in its favourite localities. The Caterpillar (No. 15) feeds upon 
the Plantain (Plantago major), and appears in September. The Chrysalis remains dormant 
during the winter, the perfect insect appearing in the following June. It is said to be still 
found in profusion in its old locality, Monk’s Wood, Hants, and in a wood near Oundle, 
Northamptonshire ; and many other localities are recorded in which it may be taken in most 
seasons. 
