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Family : Hesperiidce. Genus : Hesperiinee. 



60. Grizzled Skipper (Hesperia malvce). (The Skippers are easily identified 

 by their thick-set bodies, broad heads, hooked tips to antennae.) Blackish 

 wings with white spots. 



Food plant Strawberry, bramble, raspberry, cinquefoil. 



Larva Greenish white, olive back and side lines. 



Pupa Enclosed in rolled-up leaf ; brown, with darker markings ; white 

 spot, with black centre on each side of " neck." 



Eggs Green ; ribbed and reticulated. May to June (occasionally August 

 also). 



Locality Generally distributed. 



61. Dingy Skipper (Thanaos tages). Brownish, with darker bands and 

 edges of small white spots. 



Food plant Bird's-foot trefoil. 

 Larva Yellow-green, dark back line ; red spiracles. 

 Pupa Enclosed in leaf; " dark green, tinged red." 



Eggs Greenish white to orange; ribbed and reticulated. May to June, 

 and sometimes August. 



Locality Generally distributed. 



Family : Hesperiidce. Genus : Pamphilina. 



62. Small Skipper (Adopcea thaumas}. Orange-brown. 

 Food plant Grasses. 



Larva Light green, darker lines ; pinkish spiracles. 

 Pupa In grass sheath ; head upwards ; coloration as larva. 

 Eggs Said to be oval ; smooth ; white-yellow. July to August. 

 Locality General. 



63. Essex Skipper (Adopcea lineola). Like Thaumas. 

 Food plant Grasses. 



Larva Green ; darker back stripe ; yellow side lines. 

 Pupa In sheath of grass blades ; yellow-green. 

 Eggs Greenish yellow ; oval ; smooth. July to August. 

 Locality Essex chiefly, but occasionally elsewhere. 



64. Lulworth Skipper (Adopcea action). Dingy brown. 



Food plant Grasses ; butterfly visits flowers of rest-harrow chiefly. 



Larva Grey-green ; fine yellowish lines. 



Pupa Sheath of grass ; pointed beak ; and " eye spot," resembling 

 bird's head. 



Eggs Whitish ; roughened or finely pitted. July. 



Locality Lulworth Cove, and other coasts of Dorset, Devon, and Corn- 

 wall. 



