196 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



541. PAMPIIILA IIIANNA Scud. 

 Four-spotted Brown Skipper. 



Dark brown above ; three spots near apex of fore wings, one larger 

 below and another, small, in end of cell, all white. Brown, below, over- 

 washed with gray at apex of fore wings, spots repeated, and there is a 

 pale curved line in middle of wing ; on hind wing are two small spots 

 on upper margin. Female, differs in spots being larger, in having in 

 addition two spots opposite cell on fore wings, and a larger spot below 

 others on outer portion, and a small spot on hind wing near base. Ex- 

 pands 1.30 to 1.45. Found from Massachusetts, (where it is rare) to 

 Nebraska. 



542. PAMPHILA VIATOR Edw. 



Viator Skipper. 

 Dark brown above on fore wing, reddish-tinted. There is a double 

 yellow spot in end of cell, and a roAv of spots across wings. Hind wings 

 have a broad brown margin, narrowest on inner margin, tbe remainder 

 of wing yellow, broken into long spots by the veins. Beneath, smoky 

 on outer margin of fore Aving, reddish along upper margin and at apex* 

 spots repeated indistinctly, and sometimes there are two spots beyond 

 cell. Female, similar. Expands 1.50. Found in the Gulf States and 

 rarely in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Hamil- 

 ton, Ontario. 



GENUS LIX. 

 AMBLYSCIRTES. LITTLE BROWN SKIPPERS. 

 Size, smalL Color, dark brown with no prominent 

 markings. Fore wing long, narrow, and somewhat an- 

 gled. Hind wings, short and rounded. Antennae, long, 

 with terminal process bent outward at right angles. Type, 

 A. viALis. ( Plate X, T. ) 



543. AMBLYSCIRTES VIALIS Edw. 

 Two •spotted Brown Skipper. 

 Dark brown throughout, purplish-tinged below, with two white dots 

 near apex of fore wings. Expands . 80 to 1 .00. Found at Orino, Maine, 

 and in the Middle, Southern and Western States. 



