The British Butterflies Described 



caterpillars live in a rolled leaf or several leaves spun 

 together, and pupate in a slight cocoon. 



The Grizzled Skipper is a small butterfly measuring 

 just over J of an inch in expanse. The ground colour 

 is nearly black, checkered with white square spots, as is 

 also the fringe. The under side is lighter. 



The caterpillar is a rusty brown, with lighter lines on 

 the back and sides. The species is doubled- brooded, 

 appearing in May and August, and is generally dis- 

 tributed over the country as far north as the South- 

 West of Scotland. 



THE DINGY SKIPPER (Nisoniades Tages\ Plate XIIL, 

 Fig. 8. This is d.ull grey-brown, and very Quaker- 

 like in its sombre garb, with a lighter and a darker 

 band across the wings. The under side is a pale drab, 

 with a few faint light spots. And truly one may be ex- 

 cused if at times it is mistaken for a night-flying moth. 



The caterpillar feeds on trefoil, and is green, with 

 four yellow lines and some black dots ; it is very stout 

 in the middle, tapering to either end. This Skipper is 

 also doubled-brooded, appearing in May and August, 

 generally on dry soils such as the chalk, or limestone, 

 or, as in Scotland, on the sand-dunes of Ayrshire, where 

 it is locally common. 



THE SMALL SKIPPER (Hesperia Thaumas\ Plate 

 XIIL, Fig. 9. Upper side a uniform tawny-orange 

 shade, with a dark brown or black border. There is 

 also a black dash aero 3S the fore- wing of the male, which 

 is absent in the female. On the under side there is a 

 tawny patch along the inner margin of the hind- wing, 

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