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SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER.
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The caterpillar "feeds on the various-coloured coronilla,
( Coronilla varia,) on the continent."
This Skipper measures an inch and a half across the wings.
The fore wings, which are hollowed on their front edge, are
dark tawny orange on their inner portion, the remainder
greenish brown, with some light orange spots toAvards the tip;
there is a black oblong bar near the centre; the margin pale
yellowish fulvous, bounded darkly by the ground colour. The
hind wings are a mixture of orange fulvous and brown; the
margin the same as in the fore Avings.
Underneath, the fore wings are marbled with dark greenish
at the tips, yellowish brown, orange, black from the base, and
some silvery spots. The hind wings are brassy green, with a
waved row of six silvery spots, and three others, the two lower
ones often in conjunction, near the base: the inner lower
corner is orange.
The female has the fore wings, which are more hollowed on
the edge than in the male, dark taAvny orange on their upper
inner portion, the remainder greenish broAvn, Avith several light
orange spots in an irregular waved bar, the margin cream-
colour, as in the male. The hind wings are of a deep greenish
brown round the edge, which is margined with cream-colour,
the remainder is the same, but with a cast of orange in some
lights, and a waved bar of dark orange following the upper
part of the outer margin.
Underneath, she is marked similarly with the male, but the fore
wings are much more handsomely and distinctly marbled, and
all the colours brighter, and the hind wings darker green, on
which the spots are much brighter and more distinct.
The caterpillar is of an obscure green colour, marked with
dull red; the head black, the neck with a Avhite collar, and
a row of black dots on the back and sides.
The chrysalis is elongated, and of a cylindrical shape.
The plate is from specimens in my own collection.