Genus Hylephila 



(2) Polites mardon, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 26, $ (The 

 Oregon Skipper). 



Butterfly. — On the under side the wings are pale gray, with 

 the light spots of the primaries and a curved median band of 

 spots on the secondaries whitish. Expanse, $, 1.10 inch; ?, 

 1.20 inch. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The only specimens I have, including the types, were taken 

 in Oregon and Washington. 



(3) Polites sabuleti, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 42, $ ; Fig. 

 43, ? (The Sand-hill Skipper). 



Butterfly. — Small, the male on the upper side looking like a 

 diminutive and darkly bordered phylceus. On the under side the 

 wings are paler than on the upper side; the still paler spots of 

 the discal areas are defined outwardly and inwardly by elongated 

 dark spots. Expanse, 1.00-1. 10 inch. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The habitat of this species is California. 



Genus HYLEPHILA, Billberg 



Butterfly. — The antennae are very short, scarcely one third the 

 length of the costa of the fore wing; the club is robust and 

 short, with a very minute crook at the end; the palpi are as in 

 the two preceding genera. The neuration of the 

 wings is represented in the cut. 



Early Stages. — As yet but partially known. 

 The larva feeds on grasses, and the mature form 

 has been figured by Abbot, a copy of whose draw- 

 ing is given by Dr. Scudder in Plate 77 of "The 

 Butterflies of New England." 



(1) Hylephila phylaeus, Drury, Plate XLVI, 

 Fig. 18, $ ; Fig. 19, ? ; Plate VI, Fig. 39, chrysalis 

 NeurSion'Stn; (The Fiery Skipper). 



genus Hylephila, Butterfly. — The upper side is correctly shown 

 enlarged. j n ^ pj ate Q n t ^ e un( jer side the wings are 



pale yellow, with a few small, round spots on the margin and 

 disk of the hind wings, a black patch at the base, large black 

 marginal spots, and a central, interrupted, longitudinal black 

 streak on the disk of the primaries. Expanse, 1.15-1.25 inch. 



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