174 THE COMMONER BUTTERFLIES. 



change to chrysalis they make a light, nearly erect cocoon 

 about an inch long by catching a few blades of grass 

 together and lining them with silk. 



Other sjDecies of tliis genus found in our territory are L. himacula 

 and L. manataaqua, both found throughout its southern half and 

 tolerably common; L. pontiac, found in the same places but much 

 rarer, commoner in the West than in the East; and L. palatka, found 

 only in the West — Nebraska, Illinois, and Indiana — and little known. 



A number of other genera of the Smaller Skippers are found in our 

 district, some of them not uncommonly, but they are mostly obscure 

 forms and their distribution imperfectly known, and they have there- 

 fore been omitted from consideration. Such are Oarisma, with one 

 species, 0. jiowesliiek, a western form found in northern Illinois, 

 Iowa, Nebraska, and westward; Potanthus, represented by P. omaTia, 

 known only from West Virginia and Colorado; Pamphila, a highly 

 interesting type with one species, A. man dan, found in the high north 

 and invading our northern border; Amblyscirtes, with two species, A. 

 vialis, found sparingly over all our region, and A. samosei, known 

 mostly from New England but also from as far west as Iowa and 

 south as Georgia; Poanes, with a single conspicuously marked species, 

 P. massasoit, occurring here and there in the southern half of our 

 district; Phycanassa, with one species, P. mator, a southern form 

 which has once or twice occurred far north at widely separated local- 

 ities; Hylephila, represented by H. phylaeus, a very abundant south- 

 ern type which occasionally invades our southern borders, even as 

 far as southern New England; Atalopedes, with one species, A. huron, 

 a southern form reaching northward over half of our district; Euphyes, 

 with three species : E. metacomet, found over all but the extreme east- 

 ern part of our district and sometimes pretty common; E. mrna, which 

 ranges nearly as far and is rarer; and E. osyka, a southern species 

 which has been taken in northern Indiana; Lerodea, one species of 

 which, L.. fusca, a southern form, is said to be common about Phil- 

 adelphia, Penn. ; Prenes, with two species, P. ocola and P. panoquin, 

 both southern types but occasionally taken in our district, the former 

 in Indiana and Pennsylvania, the latter in New Jersey; Calpodes, with 

 one species, C etliliits, a tropical form which has been once taken in 

 New York; Oligoria, represented by 0. maculata, a southern type 

 also once taken in New York; and finally Lerema, represented by two 

 species, L. accius, a southern coast species occurring rarely as far 

 north as Massachusetts, and L Jdanna, which has been found in 

 scanty numbers from Massachusetts to Nebraska. 



