ENTOMOLOGICAL CARINF.T. 



THYMELE ALVEOLUS. Stephens. 



Papilio Malvae. Haworth. 



The Grizzle Skipper Butterfly. 



Wings blackish brown, and in the superior, with 

 numerous square and oblong yellowish white spots ; 

 the inferior or lower with six spots on the margin, 

 one on the outer edge, and one on the disk, or mid- 

 dle of the wing, the cilia or fringe of both wings are 

 brown with whitish spots : beneath, the superior 

 wings resemble the upper surface, but are somewhat 

 paler ; the lower or inferior wings are yellowish 

 brown with whitish spots : head large : the palpi 

 covered at the base with close dense scales, the front 

 with long greyish hair : antennae moderately long 

 and clubbed, black, with beautiful narrow lines of 

 yellow : the whole length of the under part yellowish 

 white, the club curved, the front somewhat com- 

 pressed, reddish and apparently without scales : the 

 basal joint has a curious tuft of hair reaching nearly 

 across the eyes : the eyes are prominent and the 

 hexagons large. 



Inhabits dry-banks the end of May. 



Width from tip to tip of the wings 10 lines to 1 

 iach. 



The scales of this pretty insect are of several 

 kind 1 -, some are of a great length and terminate by 

 9-4 



