New Small Skipper Lulworth Skipper 



and the tip of the fore-wing is light. These are good 

 identification points, as they are fairly stable. 



The caterpillar is green, with two white lines on the 

 back and a yellow line on either side. It feeds on 

 grasses in the spring. The butterfly appears in July and 

 is common in England, but is not known in Scotland. 



THE NEW SMALL SKIPPER (Hesperia Lineola), 

 Plate XIV., Fig. 4. Is very like the last, so much so, 

 that it had been taken for many years by collectors and 

 confused with Thaumas There were few collections 

 that did not possess a mixed series. But once its iden- 

 tity was established, it was soon placed in its rightful 

 position. It may be distinguished from Thaumas by 

 the absence of the fulvous patch on the inner margin of 

 the under side of the hind- wings, and also by the absence 

 of the light tip on the under side of the fore-wing. The 

 black dash across the upper side of the fore-wing of the 

 male is fainter, shorter, and more often altogether 

 absent. The under side of the hind-wing is a light buff 

 without marks of any kind. 



The caterpillar is a bronze-green, with four yellow lines 

 on the back and one on the sides ; it feeds on grasses in 

 damp meadows, mostly in the south and south-eastern 

 counties. The species is local, but common where it 

 occurs. Out in July and August. 



THE LULWORTH SKIPPER (Hesperia Act<eon\ 

 Plate XIII., Fig. 10. An extremely local species, being 

 only found in two or three localities on the south coast. 

 It may be distinguished from the two preceding Skippers, 

 first, by its more dingy colour ; second, by the female 

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