ADOP^EA. 21 



This species, which appears in summer and autumn, is found 

 over Jie greater part of Europe, the Mediterranean Region, 

 and Western Asia, frequenting meadows, lanes, open places in 

 woods, and similar localities, and is generally common, though 

 somewhat local, in Britain. It is, however, met with (commonly, 

 where it occurs) in many places in England and Wales, and in 

 several parts of Ireland. Duncan says : " The fly appears 

 in July, and is frequent in many parts of the country, both in 

 England and Scotland ; " but its presence in Scotland does 

 not seem to have been confirmed by recent observers. 



THE SCARCE SMALL SKIPPER. ADOP^EA LINEOLA. 

 (Plate LXXL Fig. 2.) 



Papilio lineola, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. i. (2) p. 230 



(1808). 



Papilio virgula, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 660-661 (1818?). 

 Hesperia lineola, Latreille, Enc. Method, ix. p. 771, no. 119 



(1823); Duponchel, Lepid. France, Suppl. i. p. 253, pi. 



41, figs, i, 2 (1832); Lang, Butterflies Eur. p. 35i,pl. 81, 



fig. 10 (1884); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. i. p. 279, pi. 38, 



figs. 2, 2^-^(1893). 

 Pamphila lineoh^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 86 



(1879). 



This species is very similar to the last, and is of about the 

 same size. It is darker, and the black line on the wings of 

 the male is narrower, and generally longer. There are two 

 characters by which it may be distinguished at once; the hind- 

 wings are of a uniform greenish ash-colour, not shading into 

 fulvous on the inner-margin, as in A. thaumas; and the tip of 

 the antennae is black. 



The larva is pale yellowish-green, with yellowish-white lines 

 on the back and sides; the head is reddish. It feeds on grass 



