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and a band of the same colour. The caterpillar is dark- 

 brown, ornamented with two longitudinal yellow stripes; the 

 head black, the segment behind it has an orange stripe : it 

 feeds on the plantain. This pretty insect is rather local. 



PAMPHILA SYLVANUS. Large Skipper. Colour dingy 

 yellow, with the nervures and extremity of the wings brown, 

 the latter deepening into a blackish line round the outer 

 edge ; the anterior wings have a few small yellowish spots 

 on the dusky ground towards the tip, and an oblique black 

 streak in the centre; the hinder pair are marked with in- 

 distinct cloudy spots of a yellow hue, which colour is some- 

 times diffused over a large portion of the disc; on the 

 under side the anterior wings are yellow, and the posterior 

 pair yellowish-green, the former dusky black at the base, 

 and the latter marked with a curved series of pale spots, 

 varying in size and colour. This insect may be found on 

 the borders of woods from May till August. 



LEPIDOPTERA. ANTHROCERID.E. 



INO. 

 Generic Distinctions. Antennae slightly curved, and gradually 



