SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER. 161 



The caterpillar "feeds on the various-coloured coronilla, 

 fCoronilla varia,) on the continent." 



This Skipper measures an inch and a half across the wings. 

 The fore wings, which are hollowed on their front edge, are 

 dark tawny orange on their inner portion, the remainder 

 greenish brown, with some light orange spots towards the tip; 

 there is a black oblong bar near the centre; the margin pale 

 yellowish fulvous, bounded darkly by the ground colour. The 

 hind wings are a mixture of orange fulvous and brown; the 

 margin the same as in the fore wings. 



Underneath, the fore wings are marbled with dark greenish 

 at the tips, yellowish brown, orange, black from the base, and 

 some silvery spots. The hind wings are brassy green, with a 

 waved row of six silvery spots, and three others, the two lower 

 ones often in conjunction, near the base: the inner lower 

 corner is orange. 



The female has the fore wings, which are more hollowed on 

 the edge than in the male, dark tawny orange on their upper 

 inner portion, the remainder greenish brown, with several light 

 orange spots in an irregular waved bar, the margin cream- 

 colour, as in the male. The hind wings are of a deep greenish 

 brown round the edge, which is margined with cream-colour, 

 the remainder is the same, but with a cast of orange in some 

 lights, and a waved bar of dark orange following the upper 

 part of the outer margin. 



Underneath, she is marked similarly with the male, but the fore 

 wings are much more handsomely and distinctly marbled, and 

 all the colours brighter, and the hind wings darker green, on 

 which the spots are much brighter and more distinct. 



The caterpillar is of an obscure green colour, marked with 

 dull red; the head black, the neck with a white collar, and 

 a row of black dots on the back and sides. 



The chrysalis is elongated, and of a cylindrical shape. 



The plate is from specimens in my own collection. 



