XVI. 



T. Rubi, -L. Green Hairstreak. 



About Brambles, — May and June. 



T. Pruni, L. Dark Hairstreak. 



Monk's Wood, — June and July. 



T. W-album, Knock. White Letter Hairstreak. 

 Elm Woods, — July. 



FAMILY 7. HESPERIID.E. 



Small thick-bodied butterflies, with short wings and jerky flight. 

 Antennae inserted widely apart and often hooked at the tips. Legs 

 perfect in both sexes ; hind tibiae with four spurs. Larvae with promi- 

 nent head, body tapering at both ends and clothed with fine thin hair, 

 live usually between leaves spun together^ and undergo changes there in 

 a slight cocoon. 



Genus 1. Hesperia, Fabr. 



[Syrichthus of some Authors]. 



H. Malvae, L. Grizzled Skipper. 



H. Alveolus, HUbn. 



Damp Woods, — May. 



H. Malvae, var. Taras, Bergstr, 



