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Imago. — PI. 26, fig. 4. Very dark 

 brown, with a number of bright yellow 

 brown spots. 



Larva. — "Brown, with two yellow dor- 

 sal stripes ; head black ; second segment 

 edged with yellow." Duponchel quoted by 

 Stainton. 



Pupa. — I know of no description. 



Food Plant.— Plantain (Plantago major)- 

 It rolls up the leaves and changes to a pupa 

 inside. 



Times of Appearance. — The but- 

 terfly is on the wing in June, and I can 

 speak with no certainly of its further stages. 

 This larva is said to occur in September, 

 but whether it is full fed then, or feeds up 

 in the spring, I cannot say. 



Habitat. — A very local species in 

 England. The following counties are taken 

 from Newman : — Hampshire, Huntingdon, 

 Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Notting- 

 hamshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk. It does 

 not occur in either Ireland or Scotland. In 

 Europe its range is rather restricted. It 

 occurs in Central Europe, in Russia, ex- 

 tending to Finland and Siberia. 



Variation. — Except a little difference 

 in the size of the paler markings, I have 

 seen or heard of no departures from the 

 type. 



ACTION, PI. 28, Fig. 3. 



The Lulwortk Skipper. 

 •• Action, Esp., Actce'on, a hunter, who 

 saw Diana bathing, was changed to a stag, 

 and pulled down by his own hounds. "-A.L. 



ImagO. — PL 28. Fig. 3. Dusky brown, 

 with a narrow dark hind margin. The male 

 has a black line from the centre of the wing, 

 nearly to the base of the inner margin. The 

 female has a curved row of rather pale 

 fulvous spots. 



Larva, — "Pale green.with darker dorsal 

 line, edged with a yellowish line on each 

 side, and enclosing a paler central line. 



Along the side is a narrow one above, and a 

 broad one beneath ; the two yellow lines 

 on the back are prolonged as far as the 

 middle of the green head, and run to the 

 end of the rounded anal shield, which is 

 narrowly edged with yellow. Towards the 

 end of June, the larva spins together two 

 leaves with a few white silk threads, and 

 becomes a slender, agile pupa, the peculi- 

 arities of which I had no opportunties of 

 observing." — Prof. Zeller, in Ent. Intelli- 

 gencer, Vol. x., p. 163, 4. 



Pood Plant.— Wood small reed (Cala- 

 magrestis epigejos). " It feeds in the evening 

 and at night, resting during the day exten- 

 ded on the flat surface of a leaf." — Prof. 

 Zeller, as above. I have a note that it 

 sometimes feeds on Arundo pragmites ; but 

 I have omitted the reference, and cannot 

 find it. 



Times of Appearance. — The Butter- 

 fly appears on the wing in July and August. 

 I expect the larva hybernates small, feeding 

 up in Spring. It is full fed towards the end 

 of June, and remains about a fortnight in 

 pupa. 



Habitat. — In this country Actaon has 

 a very limited range, being confined to two 

 or three counties, viz., Devonshire, Dorset- 

 shire, and Warwickshire. Its English name 

 is derived from Lulworth Cove, in Dorset- 

 shire, where it was first taken. Abroad it 

 has a wide range, being found in Central 

 and Southern Europe, in Asia Minor, and 

 also in the Mauritius and Canaries. 



Variation. — I have not heard of either 

 an abnormal or local variety of this species. 



LINEA, PL 28, Fig. 2. 



Small Skipper. 



" Linea, W.V., Li'nea, on account of the 

 line on the fore wings." — A.L. 



ImagO. — PL 28, fig. 2. Rich fulvons, 

 with no markings, except a slender black 

 line on the fore wings of the male. 



