([Plate XV]. fig. 5, Male; 5 a, Female.)
Upper side, uniform orange tawny colour, shaded into brown at the borders. The male (fig. 5) has an oblique blackish line near the centre of the front wing; this is absent in the female (fig. 5 a). The males of this butterfly very much resemble those of the last rare species (Actæon), but they may be distinguished by the middle part of the upper wing not being clouded with brown, as it is in Actæon. Under side, two shades of tawny colour, but not spotted.
The caterpillar is green, with four white lines, and feeds on grasses.
The butterfly appears in July, and is very common and widely distributed.
THE LARGE SKIPPER. (Pamphila Sylvanus.)
([Plate XV]. fig. 6, Male; 6 a, Female.)
Upper side, dark rich brown, shaded and spotted with tawny or fulvous tint. The male is known by a
dark-brown, burnt-looking streak near the centre of the front wings; the female being without this mark. Under side, greenish, with indistinct yellowish spots.
The caterpillar is green (darker on the back), and dotted with black; spotted with white underneath. It feeds on various grasses.