DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 121 



The expansion of the wings is from 1 inch to 1 J inch. 

 The fore-wings are dull brown, with two rather in- 

 distinct darker bands, and with a row of pale dots on 

 the fringes of the hind margin ; the hind-wings are dull 

 brown, with a marginal row of pale dots. 



The larva is pale green, with two yellow lines on each 

 side, and with a row of black spots above each ; it feeds, 

 in June and September, on the bird's-foot trefoil. 



The perfect insect appears in May and again in 

 August; from its dull dark colour and short jerking 

 flight, it is rather easily overlooked. 



The pretty but local Chequered Skipper (Steropes 

 paniscus), readily known by the rich dark brown wings, 

 chequered with orange-tawny spots, occurs in June at 

 Castor Hanglands, near Peterborough, and at Monk's 

 Wood, Hants ; at Stowmarket in Suffolk, and at 

 Bourne in Lincolnshire. 



FAMILY V. HESPERID^E. 

 PAMPHILA LTNEA. THE SMALL SKIPPER. 



Common and very generally distributed in the 

 southern and midland counties, but less frequent 

 further north. 



The expansion of the wings is from 1 inch to 1J inch. 

 The fore-wings are fulvous, shot with brown, but without 

 any paler marking; in the male there is an oblique 

 darker patch from the middle of the inner margin a 

 mark that is wanting in the female ; the hind- wings are 

 fulvous, shot with brown. 



The larva is green, with two white dorsal lines and 

 two white lateral lines ; it feeds on various grasses in 

 June. 



