120 PEARL SKIPPER. 



the under side. The female is usually larger than 

 the male, and destitute of the discoidal black line 

 which is invariably a sexual distinction. In this 

 sex also the spots are whiter, and in the anterior 

 wings they form an irregular band extending across 

 the surface ; while in the hinder pair they are edged 

 with black and somewhat notched behind. 



The caterpillar is obscure green mixed with rust 

 red, and having a series of black dots on the back 

 and sides. The head and neck are black, the latter 

 with a white ring. On the continent it is said to 

 feed on the Coronilla varia, but in this country 

 probably has recourse to diadelphous plants or 



By no means so generally distributed as the pre- 

 ceding, but found in some plenty in certain places. 

 Miss Jermyn mentions chalky soils near Lewes in 

 Sussex, as having afforded it plentifully; it like- 

 wise occurs near Dover, in the neighbourhood of 

 London, in Wiltshire, in Roxburgh and Dumfries- 

 shire, &c. 



Besides the above species of Hesperidae, it is now 

 ascertained that the Pamphila Actceon has occa- 

 sionally been found in the south of England. Not 

 having seen examples of this insect, we subjoin 

 Godart's account of it ; from the localities he cites 

 for it in France, it seems no way improbable that 

 it should inhabit some parts of Britain. 



