HESPERIA. 
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Times of Appeakance.- — June and August. 
Habitat. — Woods throughout Europe (excepting the Polar 
Regions), Northern and Western Asia, the Altai, and the Amur. 
In Britain it is common (the Large Skipper). 
Larva. — Dull green, dorsal stripe darker, dotted with black. 
Head large and brown. Feeds in April on Triticiwi repens, Holciis 
lanatus, and other grasses. 
6. — H. Comma, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 484; Faun. Suec. 285; Esp. 
23, 1 ; Htib. 479-81 ; 0. i. 2, 224 ; Godt. i. 12 ; Fit. 
646, 1 a-d. 
Expands from 1-20 to 1*40 in. About the size of the last, 
but has the hind margins more inclined to concavity in outline, 
especially in the male. The male has the basal and discal 
portions of the fore wing fulvous ; the hind margin and apex are 
dark brown ; there are some square fulvous spots near the apex ; 
the black line is very distinct, and is straighter than in H. sylvanus. 
Hind wings dark brown, with a submarginal row of fulvous spots, 
and a fulvous spot near the base. The female is larger than the 
male, and is somewhat variable as regards the ground colour, 
which ranges from dull fulvous to dark greenish brown ; the 
fulvous spots are more discrete than in the male, and the black 
streak is absent from the fore wings. Under side : Fore wings as 
above, but greenish towards the apex. Hind wings greenish or 
yellowish grey, with a submarginal row of seven or eight pure 
white spots, rather square in shape, and often outlined with 
blackish ; near the base are two or three similar spots. Clubs of 
antennge terminating in a hook. PI. LXXXII., 2. 
Times of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Dry places throughout the whole region of the 
European fauna, with exception of North Africa and the Canaries. 
In England it is somewhat local, frequenting chalk hills (the Pearl 
Skipper). 
Larva. — Olive-green. Head large and black. There are two 
white spots on each side of the tenth and eleventh segments. 
Feeds on Coronilla, Ornithopus, Lotus, and other Leguniinosce, in June 
and July. 
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