352 
HESPEBIDM. 
4. — H. Actaeon, Esp. 36, 4 ; Hiib. 488-90 ; 0. i. 2, 231 ; Godt. 
ii. 27, 3, 4 ; Err. 631, 3. 
Expands from '90 to 1’20 in. Wings fulvous, with a slightly 
greenish tinge. The male has the hind margins blackish, and the 
subdiscoidal black streak is moderately wider. The female has a 
crescentic row of pale fulvous spots on the fore wings, the convex 
side of the crescent being placed outwards ; internal to these and 
near the base is another pale fulvous spot, not always present ; the 
hind wings are rather lighter towards the hind margin than at the 
base. Under side : Fore wings as above. Hind wings uniformly 
greenish grey. The clubs of the antennae are bright fulvous 
beneath. 
Times of Appeaeance. — June to August. 
Habitat. — Dry places and hills in Central and Southern 
Europe (except Eussia), North Africa, the Canaries, and Asia 
Minor. In Britain it is very local, being restricted to a few 
localities in Devonshire, Dorset, and Warwickshire (“ The Lulworth 
Skipper.”) 
Lakva.— Pale green, with a dorsal line of darker green, edged 
on each side by a white band ; the stigmatal lines narrow and 
white. The head is prominent and brownish yellow. It feeds at 
night on grasses. 
5. — H. Sylvanus, Esp. 36, 4 ; Hiib. 482-4 ; 0. i. 2, 226 ; Frr. 
646, 2, 696, 2. 
Expands from 1*20 to 1*40 in. The male is fulvous ; the 
hind margins of the fore wings and all the marginal portions of 
the hind wings brownish fuscous. The fore wings have the 
discal black line very distinct. Under side : Hind wings yellowish, 
with some very indistinct central markings ; the inner margin 
tinged with fulvous. The female is somewhat larger than the 
male; the wings are brownish. Fore wings without the sub- 
discoidal black streak, with a submarginal row of large fulvous 
spots ; the basal portion is fulvous towards the costa. Hind wings 
with a row of fulvous spots forming a band. The antennae have 
the clubs hooked at the extremities. PI. LXXXII., 1. 
