152 SILVEU-SPOTTED SKIPPER. 



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 tipj there is a black oblong bar 

 near the centre; the margin pale yellowish fulvous, boundly 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 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. It has two white spots on the under side of 

 the tenth and eleventh segments. 



The chrysalis is elongated, and of a cylindrical shape. 



The plate is from specimens in my own collection. 



