Genus Amblyscirtes 
Fig. i 6i. — 
Neuration of the 
genus Ambly¬ 
scirtes. 
conical, short, and erect. The costa of the fore wing is straight, 
slightly curved inwardly before the apex. The neuration is 
represented in the cut. 
Egg. — Hemispherical. 
Caterpillar. — Not differing materially in its 
characteristics from the caterpillars of other hes- 
perid genera. 
Chrysalis. — Somewhat slender, with the dorsal 
and ventral outlines straighter than in any of the 
preceding genera, and the dorsum very slightly 
elevated in the region of the thoracic segments. 
(i) Amblyscirtes vialis, Edwards, Plate 
XLVII, Fig. 5, $ ; Plate VI, Fig. 40, chrysalis (The 
Roadside Skipper). 
Butterfly. —This little species, an exceptionally bright example 
of which is represented in the plate, may be known by the 
dark color of the upper surface, almost uniformly brown, with a 
few subapical light spots at the costa. In the specimen that is 
figured these light spots are continued across the wing as a curved 
band, but this is not usual. The wings on the under side in both 
sexes are very much as on the upper side, save that both wings 
on the outer third are lightly laved with gray. Expanse, 1.00 
inch. 
Early Stages. —These have been described with minute accu¬ 
racy by Dr. Scudder. 
The Roadside Skipper ranges from Montreal to Florida, and 
westward as far as Nevada and Texas. It is not a common spe¬ 
cies in the valley of the Mississippi; it seems to be far more 
common in southern New England and in Colorado. At all 
events, I have obtained more specimens from these localities than 
from any others. 
(2) Amblyscirtes samoset, Scudder, Plate XLVII, Fig. 6 , $ ; 
Plate VI, Fig. 45, chrysalis (Pepper-and-salt Skipper). 
Butterfly. — This little species on the upper side has the 
ground-color as in the preceding species; the fringes on both 
wings are pale gray. There are three small subapical spots on 
the fore wing, three somewhat larger spots, one on either side of 
the second median nervule and the third near the inner margin, 
and two very minute spots at the end of the cell. On the under 
side the wings are pale gray, the white spots of the upper side 
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