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GENUS I. BUTTERFLIES. 



SEC. X. SKIPPERS. 



Caterpillars covered with a fine downy hair : head large, and projecting : they enclofe 

 themfelves in a fine filky web, in order to change to chryfalis. 



S P. LX. AUGUST SKIPPER. 

 PI. 45- 



Comma. Linnaus. 



Pearl Skipper. Harris. 

 This butterfly is faid to be out on the wing in Auguft, and to have been taken on the 

 fwampy ground on Hanwell heath, near Ealing, in Middlefex. The fpecimens of this 

 fly that I have feen lead me to think, that it is not a diilincTt fpecies, but merely a variety 

 of the large fkipper, reprefented at fig. i, 2, and 3, of pi. 46. The upper fide, with 

 the wings expanded, is difplayed at fig. 1 ; and the under parts, at fig. 2. 



S P. LXI. DINGY SKIPPER. 



Tages. Linnaeus. 

 Dingy Skipper. Harris. 



This fpecies of butterfly is to be feen flying the beginning of May, in the dry open 

 parts of woods, and the fides of roads and lanes. It delights to fettle on the ground to fun 

 itfelf. The caterpillar is not known. In the male and female flies there is little or no 

 difference, either in colour or markings. The upper part is delineated at fig. 3 ; and the 

 under fide, at fig. 4. 



S P. LXII. SMALL SKIPPER. 



Thaumas. Linnœus. 

 Small Skipper. Harris. 

 This minute fly is met with on heaths, commons, and lanes, in moft parts of England. 

 It is firft out on the wing the beginning of July, and may be readily taken ; as it flies but 

 little, and frequently fettles, and Ikips from leaf to leaf on low bullies, rather than take 

 wing, when difturbed. The caterpillar of this fpecies is likewife unknown. The male 

 fly is reprefented at fig. 5 ; the female, at fig. 6 ; and the under parts, at fig. 7. 



