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been trodden by an Entomologist, we may rightly assume that 

 it will be long before this species becomes exterminated in these 

 counties. 



Our local specimens, while presenting great variety of mark- 

 ing, are fairly intermediate been the dark tawny form of the 

 Manchester district, with many well-marked eyes and distinct 

 fascia, and the paler more slightly marked forms found in 

 Scotland. 



33. Goenonympha Pamphilus (L.). Small Heath. 



Ccenonymphus Pamphilus. Staint. Man., vol. 1, p. 32. 

 ,, „ Kewm. Brit. Butt., p. 101. 



,, ,, Barrett's Lep. Brit. Is., vol. 1, 



p. 263. 

 ,, ,, Meyrick, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., 



p. 341. 

 Larva. Buck., vol. 1, pi. vi., fig. 4. 



This is another very common and abundant little Butterfly, 

 occurring in all grassy places from June to September. A 

 variety, with a distinct dark fascia on the underside, is not un- 

 common about Hartlepool and elsewhere in the district. I took 

 a single specimen on the railway banks here, on which the whole 

 of the underside was a deep, dark, tawny colour. 



HESPERID^. 

 HESPERIA, Bdv. 



34. Hesperla Sylvanus (Esp.). Large Skipper. 



Pamphila Sylvanus. Staint. Man., v. 1, p. 67. 



,, ,, Meyrick, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 359. 



Hesperia ,, N^ewm. Brit. Butt., p. 172. 



,, „ Barrett's Lep. Brit. Is., vol. 1, p. 289. 



Larva. Buck., vol. 1., pi. xvii., fig. 4, 



This Butterfly has very seldom been met with in our district, 

 and so far has been confined to the county of Durham. Mr. 

 Sang took it at Darlington, and records it as scarce and local. 



