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HESPERIIDiE. 
Tagiades atticus, Fabr. 
A pretty and conspicuous species, fairly common at Hongkong, very scarce at Macao. 
It frequents shady paths and ditches and banks overgrown with long grasses and other rank vegetation. 
It seemed to be a common insect in some of the patches of wood on the hills at Tam-Chau in 
Kwangsi, at the junction of the Nanning and West rivers, and also occurred at Lo-fu-shan. This 
species flies swiftly, but is very noticeable on the wing, the white hindwings appearing in the shadows 
of the trees like a small white moth rapidly moving amongst the undergrowth—the dark brown 
forewings not being seen at all unless one is very close to the insect. 
Fig. ii, PI. XIV is from a 4 taken in April; the sexes, however, are practically alike. This 
Skipper occurs throughout the wet season and may be taken in October and November. 
Odontoptilum sura, Moore 
Another rather striking species, both in colouring and the curiously angular outline of the 
wings. It is not an uncommon Hesperid at Hongkong, flying fast but often resting on foliage 
with expanded wings, the tips sometimes touching the leaf. Like the former Skipper it is fond 
of wooded localities, and occurs at Lo-fu-shan, but I have never seen it at Macao. 
Fig. 3, PI. XIV is from a $ taken in August, but this species is on the wing all through 
the wet season. The sexes are very much alike. 
Caprona alida, de Nidville 
This Skipper is rare here: I have only taken two specimens at Hongkong and seen one 
other. It does not seem quite so swift on the wing as most of its congeners, and appears fond of 
low, dense herbage. Hongkong island is much more prolific in Hesperiidae as regards number of 
species than the Macao district, probably because there is a fair amount of rather dense under¬ 
growth in the ravines and on many of the hillsides at Hongkong, which the Chinese are not allowed 
to destroy as they please. Most of the Skippers are very fond of haunting paths, drains and 
nullahs overgrown with rank herbage and shaded by trees, both in dry and wet localities. 
Fig. i, PI. XIV is from a ? taken in April. The sexes are very similar. 
Caprona syrichthus, Felder 
Also a rare insect here, and a conspicuous species even on the wing. I have taken but 
two or three specimens, all at Kowloon. But at Kwei-hsien in Kwangsi it seemed to be fairly 
common during July and August, flying swiftly in the sunshine over grassy plains, and feeding at 
many kinds of flowers growing amidst the long grass. Several specimens were taken one after¬ 
noon on the plain with the curious jagged limestone rocks, on the opposite side of the river to 
Kwei-hsien city. Both species of Caprona seem to affect open country. 
Fig. 2, PI. XIV is from a $ taken in June. The sexes are very much alike. 
