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yellow. Dash, long and slender, a little constricted in middle, black ; 

 hind wings with a little yellow in middle. Beneath, dark golden j'el- 

 low, outer portion of fore wing blackish, where there are three pale spots. 

 Hind wings, unspotted. Female, same brown above, with a little yel- 

 low at base, with some markings of yellow at apex of fore wings. Be- 

 low as in male. Expands 1.60 to l.SO. Found in the Gulf States. 



528. PAMPHILA PALATKA Edw. 

 Palatka Skipper. 

 Clear yellow above, darker at base of fore wing, and broadly brown- 

 bordered on both wings, and also on ujjper margin of hind pair. Beyond 

 cell on fore wing are three yellowish spots. Dash, narrow, broken in 

 middle, dull black. Beneath, brown on hind wings, and outer portion 

 of fore pair, overwashed with rusty. Yellow of fore wings repeated; 

 hind pair without spots. Female, similar, but has more orange on fore 

 wing below. Expands 1.45 to 1.50. Habitat, Gulf States and Nebraska. 



520. PAMPHILA IMELANE Edw. 

 JMelane Skipper. 

 Brown above, more or less orange-tinted, especially at base of fore 

 wings and on hind pair. Three spots near apex, a fourth, minute, be- 

 low this, and separate : two larger, angular spots on middle of wing, and 

 another on lower margin, thus all forming an irregular row across wing; 

 there is a row of indistinct spots nearly parallel to outer margin. Be- 

 neath, brown, yellow-tinted, most thickly on hind wings. Spots on fore 

 wings repea-ted, enlarged ; on hind pair is a broad yellow band. Female, 

 similar, but spots on hind wings narrower and on fore wings larger. 

 Expands l.oO to 1.40. Found in California. 



530. PAMPHILA VITELLIUS Sm-Abb. 

 Orange-patched Skipper. 

 Clear orange above, both wings bordered with brown, hind wings 

 "widely all around, fore pair, broadly outwardly, more narrowly on lower 

 margin and very narrowly on upper. Beneath, paler yellow, dusky 

 along lower margin of fore wing. Female, similar, but with bordering 

 wider. Habitat, Georgia, Florida, Southern Texas, Iowa, and N ebraska. 



531. PAMPHILA DELAWARE Emv. 

 Yellow-winged Skipper. 

 Similar above to P. zabulon, but clear yellow below, without bor- 

 derings nor spots. Female, brown above with a band of about ten pale 



