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 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 Tager), Plate XIIL, 

 Fig. 8. This is dull 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 acre 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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