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being double-brooded. It appears to be common in 



grassy wood-openings all over the country, extending 

 also into tlie south of Scotland. 



THE DINGY SKIPPEE. 

 (Thanaos Tages.) (Plate XY. fig. 2.) 



CERTAINLY a rather "dingy" butterfly, its colour being 

 dull grey brown, with confused bands of darker brown ^ 

 near the border a row of whitish dots. Sexes similar. 



The caterpillar (fig. 11, Plate I.) feeds on BmTs- 

 foot Trefoil, and is pale green, with four yellow lines 

 and rows of black dots. 



The chrysalis is shown at fig. 27, Plate I. 



The butterfly comes out in May and August, being 

 double-brooded, and is found on hill-sides, dry banks, 

 old chalk pits, &c. generally throughout the country, 

 though it is less common than the last. It is also met 

 with frequently in Scotland. 



THE CHEQUEEED SKIPPER 

 Steropes Paniscus.) (Plate XV. fig. 3.) 



Sexes similar. Wings chequered with brownish black, 

 and tawny orange above ; beneath, in addition to the 

 above colours, there are on the hind wing several bright 

 spots of pale buff distinctly outlined with dark brown 

 having a much more ornamental effect than we generally 

 meet with on the under surface in this family the 

 colouring on that side being usually faint and blurred 

 so as to give a washed-out or wrong-sided appearance. 



The caterpillar is brown, striped and " collared " with 

 yellow ; head black. It feeds on the Plantain, also on 

 Dog's-tail Grass (Cynosurus cristatus). 



The butterfly appears in June, but is very local being 

 either found plentifully in a place or not at all. It has 

 occurred at Barnwell, and Ashton "Wold, Northants ; 

 Kettering; Sywell Wood, near Northampton; near 

 Peterborough ; Clapham Park Wood, and Luton, Bed* 



