190 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



in Suffolk ; from Ashton Wold in Northamptonshire. In 1898 

 five specimens, identified by the Rev. Gilbert Raynor, were 

 taken near Bedford. Barrett, who mentions Wicken Fen and 

 Burwell among other localities, says that it has a "partiality for 

 the embankments which protect the cultivated land from the 

 inroad of the high tides which flood the salt marshes. Here 

 it flits about, or sits on the coarse seaside grasses or on 

 blossoms of thistle, or Lotas comiciilatits, indicating rather 

 sluggish habits, yet flying swiftly when disturbed. Further 

 inland it seems to frequent chalky hillsides and marshes." It 

 is on the wing in July and August. 



The species is found in all parts of the Palaearctic Region 

 except the most northern and the Canary Isles. 



The Lulworth Skipper {Adopcza aciaon). 



Compared with the other two species on Plate 125, the 

 coloration of this butterfly is somewhat dingy ; it is, however, 

 enlivened, especially in the female, by a short clash and a 

 curved series of orange spots in the uppet half of the fore 

 wings. The male has a black sexual mark which is very 

 similar to that of the Small Skipper. There seems to be very 

 little to note in variation, except that the orange markings 

 referred to are subject to modification, and in the male may be 

 altogether absent. An example taken at Swanage, in 1903, had 

 the wings on the left side male, and those on the right side 

 female. 



The egg, figured, from a photograph, on Plate 124, is whitish, 

 faintly tinged with yellowish. 



The mature caterpillar is pale greyish, or yellowish, green, 

 with the dorsal vessel darker, and edged with a slender pale 

 yellow line on either side, and enclosing a pale longitudinal 

 line along its middle. A narrow yellowish line runs above on 

 the side and a broader one below. The two dorsal lines are 



