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spots, 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. Antenna slightly curved, and gradually 



