pamphila] HESPERIADAE 359 



and WC. Asia, N. Africa ; 7, 8. Larva green ; dorsal line darker 

 green ; subdorsal and subspiracnlar yellowish ; head pale yellow- 

 ish, brown-marked : on Triticum, etc. ; 4-6. Only recognised 

 as British since 1888, and may range moro widely than has 

 been observed. 



3. P. actaeon, Esp. 23-27 mm. Antennae without apical 

 hook. Forewings dark fuscous, densely irrorated with brownish- 

 orange ; an elongate discal blotch before middle, and a curved 

 postmedian scries of spots in upper half of disc orange, more 

 distinct in ? ; in <? a hardly curved black streak obliquely 

 placed below middle of disc. Hindwings dark fuscous, irrorated 

 with brownish - orange. Hindwings beneath lighter, more 

 suffused with orange, especially towards tornus. 



Dorset to Cornwall, on or near coast, local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, N. Africa ; 7, 8. Larva pale greyish-green ; dorsal 

 line double, darker, edged with pale yellowish ; subdorsal and 

 subspiracnlar yellowish ; head pale brown, yellowish-marked : 

 on Brachypodium pinnatum and Calamagrostis ; 4-6. 



4. P. sylvanus, Esp. 27-33 mm. Antennao with short apical 

 hook. Forewings dark fuscous, very closely irrorated with 

 brownish-orange except on veins and termen ; anterior half in 

 $ wholly brownish - orange, with a strong blackish oblique 

 streak beneath middle of disc ; a discal spot and postmedian 

 irregular series brownish-orange. Hindwings with colour and 

 postmedian spots as in forewings, but spots absent on dorsal 

 third. Hiudwings beneath grecnish-oehreous-yellow, with pale 

 postmedian spots and orange tornal blotch. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, common, scarcer north- 

 wards and in Ireland ; Europe, N. and WC. Asia ; 6-8. Larva 

 pale bluish-green ; dorsal line darker ; subspiracular pale ; head 

 brown : on Luzula, Dactylis, Triticwm, etc.; 8-5. 



5. P. comma, L. 27-33 mm. Antennae with minute apical 

 hook. Forewings dark fuscous ; in $ basal •?■ suffused with 

 brownish-orange, in $? a discal anterior brownish-orange suffusion ; 

 a postmedian irregular series of pale brownish-orange spots ; in 



$ a strong submctallic blackish-grey oblique streak in disc 

 anteriorly. Hindwings dark fuscous, orange-tinged ; an in- 

 distinct discal spot and postmedian series orange. Hindwings 

 beneath densely strewn with yellowish scales ; two anterior 

 spots and a postmedian series ochrcous-white. 



S. England to Norfolk and Stafford, especially on chalk, 

 local ; Europe, N. and WC. Asia ; 8. Larva dull green ; head 

 black : on Lotus, Ornithopus, CoroniUa, etc. ; 4-6. 



