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HESPERIIDAE. 

 HESPERIINAE. 



(24) Hesperia malvae. The Grizzled Skipper. 

 May 21 Abundant at Canford. (W.P.C.) 



(25) Thanaos tages. The Dingy Skipper. 



May 20 Out at Bere Wood. (W.P.C.) 

 May 21 Abundant at Canford. (W.P.C.) 



(26) Adopaea actaeon. The Lulworth Skipper. 



July 31 This insect was well represented at Arish Mell 

 and at Mupe Bay. (W.P.C.) 



(27) Augiades sylvanus. The Large Skipper. 

 June 25 At Canford. (W.P.C.) 



SPHINGIDAE. 



(28) Smerinthus ocellatus. The Eyed Hawk Moth. 



July 7 I have been breeding this insect. It seems to be 

 a very stupid larva. It will starve in the 

 vicinity of fresh food because it is too sluggish 

 to crawl off the dead food to the new. If at 

 all crowded it tends to cannibalism as well. 



Sep. 1 I obtained a single larva at Poole feeding on 

 golden willow. The interest lies in the colour, 

 which was a very vivid semi-translucent golden 

 green, only a trifle greener than the stems of the 

 plant, and afforded a marked contrast to a 

 larva found the following day at Canford Bottom 

 on a deep green sallow which was nearly mala- 

 chite green and very solid looking indeed. 



