198 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



548. AMBLYSCIRTES SIMIUS Edw. 



SiMius Skipper. 

 Grayish brown above, with a silk}' gloss. On fore wings is a pale 

 orange dot at end of cell, and a bent row of orange spots across wing ; 

 on hind wings a trace of a narrow band. Beneath, orange in cell of fore 

 wing, grayish on outer portion, spots repeated. Pale j'ellowish brown 

 on hind wings, with a whitish band crossing outer portion, and a white 

 patch at base below cell. Female, paler, spots not as distinct. Ex- 

 pands .85 to .95. Habitat, Southern Colorado and Arizona. 



549. AMBLYSCIRTES CASSUS Edav. 



Cassus Skipper. 

 On fore wings above, brown, dusted with orange most thickly along 

 lower border. Three spots near apex, an oblique row below these, and 

 a bar at end of cell from which a line runs toward base ; all pale orange. 

 Dash, short, narrow, bent at outer end. Hind wings dull orange with 

 the upper border dusky. Fore wings below, orange, dusky along lower 

 margin, gray at apex; spots repeated; hind wings dark brown, whitish 

 overwashed;a row of indistinct whitish spots near outer margin, two 

 whitish spots near upper angle, two in middle of wing and another at 

 base. Female, duller ; spots paler. Expands 1.00 to 1.50. Habitat, 

 Mt. Graham, Arizona. 



550. AMBLYSCIRTES NANNO Edw. 



Nanno Skipper. 

 Brown, thickly overwashed with orange ; three white spots in apex 

 of fore wing, and four small spots in an oblique line below these ; on hind 

 wings a row of small, indistinct spots, yellowish ; fringes of fore wings, 

 interrupted white, on hind wings, white. Under side of both wings 

 dark brown, much dusted with white, spots on fore wings, repeated, and 

 an additional spot in cell, hind wings have a curved row of small white 

 spots beginning near base of upper margin and passing this and around 

 outer margin, and a spot in cell. Expands 1.30. Habitat, Arizona, 



551. AMBLYSCIRTES TEXTOR Scud. 



Eastern Brown Skipper. 

 Greenish brown above ; on fore wing is an irregular row of six small 

 angular, white spots, extending from upper border to middle near outer 

 border, hind wings, unspotted ; whitish-fringed. Beneath, similar, spots 

 more distinct with two minute spots at end of cell on fore wing ; hind 

 wings with a grayish violet tint, except near lower margin, and there 



