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The Pearl Skipper measures from an inch and a quarter to 

 an inch and a half across the wings, which are greenish-brown 

 above, with fulvous markings. On the fore-wings there is a 

 fulvous streak filling up the cell, and, in the male, extending 

 over the costal area ; below the cell is an oblique black bar of 

 raised scales in the male, which is sometimes intersected by a 

 slender silvery line, and beyond is a row of fulvous spots, 

 mostly contiguous to each other, three small ones below the 



Pearl Skipper, male. 



Pearl Skipper, female. 



costa, two moderate-sized square ones set back towards the 

 inner margin, and then a row of three or four larger ones run- 

 ning obliquely to the inner margin. On the hind-wings there 

 is a large fulvous blotch towards the base, and a more or less 

 extended curved row of fulvous spots on the disc. The under 

 side is yellowish-green, dusted with black, or sometimes brighter 

 green ; the fulvous markings on the fore-wings as above, but to- 

 wards the tip there are some square white spots on a green 

 ground; the hind-wings are greenish, with a row of square 

 white spots across the disc, and several others towards the base. 

 The fringes are pale, spotted with brown at the base. 



