Genus Poanes 
Butterfly .—The upper side of the wings in both sexes is cor¬ 
rectly shown in the plate. On the under side the fore wings 
are black, with the costa and the outer margin bordered with 
reddish, with three small subapical light spots 
and two or three median spots. On the under side 
the hind wings are bright yellow, bordered on the 
costa and on the outer margin for part of their dis¬ 
tance with reddish-brown. The female on the 
under side is more obscurely marked than the male, 
and the hind wings are more or less gray in many 
specimens, lacking the bright yellow which appears 
upon the wings of the male. There is considerable 
variation on the under side of the wings. Expanse, 
£ , 1.15 inch; ? , 1.20 inch. 
Early Stages .—Not known. 
The species ranges from New England westward as far as 
Nebraska, -and its range does not appear to extend south of Penn¬ 
sylvania, though it has been reported from Colorado, and even 
from northern Texas, in the West. 
Fig. 177.— 
"Neuration of the 
genus Poanes, 
enlarged. 
Genus PHYCANASSA, Scudder 
Butterfly .—Antennae short; club straight, with a small crook 
at the end. The palpi are as in the preceding genus, but a trifle 
longer. The neuration is shown in the cut, 
and is very much like that of the preceding 
genus. 
Early Stages .—These are wholly unknown. 
(1) Phycanassa viator, Edwards, Plate 
XLVI, Fig. 14, £ ; Fig. 15, $ (The Broad¬ 
winged Skipper). 
Butterfly .—Accurately delineated in the 
plate. On the under side the wings are as on 
the upper side, but paler, and the secondaries 
are traversed from the base to the middle of 
the outer margin by a pale light-colored longi¬ 
tudinal ray, which is more or less obscured in 
some specimens, especially of the female. The light spots of the 
upper side appear indistinctly on the under side. Expanse, £, 
1.45 inch; $ , 1.60 inch. 
Fig. 178.—Neura¬ 
tion of the genus Phy¬ 
canassa, enlarged. 
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