The butterfly appears in May, and again in August, being double-brooded. It appears to be common in grassy wood-openings all over the country, extending also into the south of Scotland.
THE DINGY SKIPPER. (Thanaos Tages.)
([Plate XV]. fig. 2.)
Certainly a rather "dingy" butterfly, its colour being dull grey brown, with confused bands of darker brown; near the border a row of whitish dots. Sexes similar.
The caterpillar (fig. 11, [Plate I].) feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil, and is pale green, with four yellow lines and rows of black dots.
The chrysalis is shown at fig. 27, [Plate I].
The butterfly comes out in May and August, being double-brooded, and is found on hill-sides, dry banks, old chalk pits, &c. generally throughout the country, though it is less common than the last. It is also met with frequently in Scotland.