Genus Erynnis 
Fig. i 66. — 
Neuration of 
the genus Eryn¬ 
nis, enlarged. 
most hesperid larvae, and sluggish in proportion to its stoutness. 
It does not make a nest, but conceals itself between the leaves of 
grass at the point where they unite with the stem, 
and is not very difficult to discover. 
Chrysalis .—The chrysalis is elongated, cylin¬ 
drical. Our knowledge of this stage is not very 
accurate as yet. 
(1) Erynnis manitoba, Scudder, Plate XLVI, 
Fig. 2, $ ; Fig. 3, $ (The Canadian Skipper). 
Butterfly, 6 .-—The upper side of the wings is 
depicted in the plate. On the under side the wings 
are paler, the fore wings fulvous on the cell, pale 
gray at the apex and on the outer margin. There 
is a black shade at the base of the primaries, and a black streak 
corresponding in location to the discal stigma on the upper side. 
The hind wings are pale ferruginous, except a broad streak along 
the inner margin, which is whitish. All the light spots of the 
upper side of both wings reappear on the under side, but are more 
distinctly defined, and are pearly-white in color. 
$ .—The female, on the unjder side of the fore wing, has the 
black discal streak replaced by a broad ferruginous shade. The 
hind wings are darker, and the light spots stand forth more con¬ 
spicuously upon the darker ground. Expanse, &, 1.25 inch; ?, 
1.30 inch. 
Early Stages .—-These remain to be ascertained. 
The Canadian Skipper is found across the entire continent 
north of a line roughly approximating the boundary between the 
United States and the Dominion of Canada. Along the Western 
Cordilleras it descends into the United States, as far south as 
Colorado and northern California. 
(2) Erynnis morrisoni, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 26, 6 ; 
Fig. 27, $ (Morrison’s Skipper). 
Butterfly .—-The upper side of the wings in both sexes is suffi¬ 
ciently well delineated in the plate to obviate the necessity for 
description. On the under side the fore wings are pale fulvous, 
black at the base and ferruginous at the tip, the ferruginous 
shade interrupted by the subapical pale spots, which on this side 
of the wing are pearly-white. The hind wings are deep ferrugi¬ 
nous, obscured on the inner margin by long pale-brown hairs. 
From the base to the end of the cell there is a broad silvery-white 
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