GARTEROCEPHA L US. 
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the spots of the upper side paler, sometimes almost white, and 
surrounded by dark rings. The sexes are similar, except that the 
female is somewhat lighter than the male. Fringes yellowish and 
unspotted. The antennae are bright fulvous beneath. 
Times of Appearance. — May and June. 
Habitat. — Woods in Central Europe (except North Germany 
and Denmark), Finland, Central and South Eussia, North Italy, 
Dalmatia, Armenia, Siberia, and the Amur. It is a very local 
species, and in Britain it is confined to a few localities in the 
Midland Counties (the Chequered Skipper). PI. LXXXII., 5. 
Larva. — Brown, with yellow lateral stripes ; the head is dark 
brown, the first segment being orange, the legs reddish brown. It 
feeds on plantain (Plantago major) in April. PI. LXXX., see note 
to H Thaumas. 
2. — C. Sylvius, Enoch. Btr. i. 5, 1, 2 (1781) ; Esp. 80, 5, 6 ; 
Hiib. 477-8, 641-4; Godt. ii. 27, 1, 2; 0. i. 2, 221 
(Silvius), Frr. 226, 2, 3, 691, 1. 
Expands from 1 to 1*10 in. Yellowish fulvous ; hind mar- 
gins of all the wings with narrow borders of dark brown. Fore 
wings with a marginal row of small black spots ; between these 
and the base four larger black spots, all more or less rounded. In 
the female there is a black patch on the inner margin near the 
base. Hind wings nearly similar to those of Palcemon, but the 
fulvous spots are proportionately larger, especially those along the 
hind margin. Under side : Fore wings yellowish fulvous, with 
black spots as above. Hind wings greenish grey, with fulvous 
spots as above. PI. LXXXII., 6. 
Times op Appearance. — May and June. 
Habitat. — Woods in South Norway and Sweden, North 
Germany, Finland, Central Eussia, the Ural, Armenia, Siberia, 
and the Amur. 
Larva. — Yellowish or brownish white, with reddish dorsal 
and lateral lines ; head light brown. Feeds on grasses. 
