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becomes smaller, and loses much of the green from its 

 colouring. 



The slender pupa is about fin. in length. It has a 

 sharp anterior spike, and a flat anal one bearing hooks. 

 In colour it is pale cream, with a narrow dark brown 

 dorsal line. Below this, on each side, are two rust- 

 coloured lines, and a third in the region of the spiracles. 

 The tongue-case is dark brown. 



The costal margin of the fore-wings of the imago 

 (Fig. 266) is nearly straight, and the hind-margin convex. 

 The hind-margin of the hind-wings has the concavity 

 near the anal angle which is characteristic of all the 

 Skippers except the two already described ; the fringe is 

 brown. The antennae are curved at the tip, but not 

 hooked. The ground-colour of the upper surface is 

 nearly black. Besides a row of indistinct orange spots 

 near the hind-margin, there are about ten bright orange 

 spots of various shapes on each fore-wing and about 

 four on each hind-wing. The under-surface is richer 

 than the upper the ground-colour is lighter, the spots 

 are more numerous, and many are edged with a fine 

 dark line. 



