100 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



LEPIDOPTERA. HESPERID^;. 



THYMELE. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae terminating in an acute hook, and 

 the club curved. 



THYMELE ALVEOLUS. (Plate X.) Grizzled Skipper. A 

 small species, seldom exceeding an inch in extent ; ground- 

 colour of the wings brownish black, anterior pair with straw- 

 coloured spots; the under wings have, in addition, an irre- 

 gular band near the hinder margin ; the under side is grey, 

 tinged with green, having spots nearly corresponding to those 

 above. 



THYMELE TAGES. Dingy Skipper. Larger than the 

 preceding ; the surface rather dark brown, clouded with 

 ash-grey, a few white points, and a series of them round 

 the margin of all the wings ; under side tawny grey, with 

 ill-defined white spots. Caterpillar bright green, with a 

 yellow stripe, dotted with black, down the back, and others 

 on the sides. Not unfrequent at the end of the month. 



LEPIDOPTERA. BOMBYCIDJE. 



SATURNIA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae beautifully fringed, like the feather 



