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Size about 1 T ^ inches. 

 Legs 4 in $ , 6 in $ . 



Larvae broad and short ; woodlouse-like. 

 Pupae secured at tail, and with a belt. 

 Only one British species, Nemeobius lucina. 



Family 4, Lycsenidae. 



Colour blue, brown, bright copper. 

 Size under j inch to about 1^. 

 Larvae broad and short, woodlouse-like. 

 Pupae secured at tail, and with a belt. 

 Ex. Blue and Copper Butterflies. 



Family 5. Hesperidae. 



Head large ; antenna; wide apart 

 Colour tawny or brown, generally spotted. 

 Size 1 inch to 1 J. 

 Wings in repose erect, or fore-wing erect 



and hind-wing horizontal. 

 Larvae large heads and small necks. 

 Pupae secured at tail, belted, and in a 



slight cocoon. 



Ex. The Skippers. 



SECTION II. HETEROCERA (Moths). 



Antenna? various; thread-like, feathered, or 



spindle-shaped. 



Wings in repose horizontal or deflexed; hind- 

 wing generally covering fore-wing. 

 Pupae rounded, conical ; generally enclosed in a 

 cocoon, sometimes subterranean. 

 * Antennae thickest in the middle. 



