FIELD BOOK OF INSECTS. 



Eudamus proteus. About the size of E. tityrus but each 

 hind wing has a long tail ; greenish on hind wings, especially 

 of males. American tropics to (rarely) New York. Larva 

 on Legumes. 



Achlarus lycidas suggests tityrus but has no tails; it has 

 no silver spot beneath, but a white smear along outer 

 margin of hind wings. Larva on tick- trefoil (Desmodium}. 



Thorybes batliyllus. Adults have white faces. Larva 

 on bush-clover (Lespedeza) and other Legumes. T. 

 pylades is much like batliyllus but the spots are smaller and 

 the face is brown. Larval food the same. 



Hesperia tessellata. Appears to be a white butterfly 

 strongly marked with black. Larva on Sida. 



Thanaos juvenalis: general color blackish brown 

 with black mottlings and white, semitransparent dots; 

 larva on oaks and Legumes. T. brizo is about the size of 

 juvenalis; it lacks the white dots, has two distinct rows of 

 arrow-head, black marks on each front wing, and has 

 more gray scales. Larva on oaks and probably Legumes. 

 T. lucilius is about half the size of these ; it has minute but 

 distinct white dots on the front wings. Larva on colum- 

 bine (Aquilegia). 



Pholisora catullus is much like T. lucilius but is blacker, 

 the w 7 hite dots are more scattered, and it lacks the mottlings 

 of Thanaos. Larva on lamb's quarters (Chen op odium} 

 and Amarantaceas. 



Pamphilinae 



In this subfamily, however the sexes may differ above, 

 the}'' are much alike below. Except where stated, the 

 light areas, on the species mentioned here, are yellowish. 



Ancyloxypha numitor. Larva on marsh grasses. 



Erynnis sassacus. Larva on grasses. 



Catia druryi egeremet. The light areas are greenish 

 yellow. Larva on grasses. New England to Wisconsin 

 and our southern border. 



Polites coras and Hylephila phylceus. Larvae on grasses. 



Thymelicus mystic is much like E. sassacus but the 

 "brand" on the male is more like that of //. phylceus; 

 lower side of the hind wings is more distinctly banded or 



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