NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 169 



447. CARTEROCEPIIALUS MANDAN. Edw. 

 Dwarf Skipper. 

 Dark brown above, slightly 3'ellowish, dull orange-spotted as follows ; 

 an indistinct row across outer margin of fore wing , another across mid- 

 dle, two of these nearer outer margin, than the others ; tAvo large patches 

 in cell, a small spot on lower side of cell, and another below it ; on hind 

 wing, three rows of spots. Beneath, paler, with the light markings 

 larger and nearly run together, and there is an additional spot on hind 

 wings over basal. Expands 1.50. Habitat, White Mountains, New 

 Hampshire, and in Maine. 



448. CARTEROCEPHALUS OMAHA Edw. 

 Omaha Skipper. 

 Smaller than the last, brown above, on fore wing orange-margined; 

 then a sub-marginal row of spots, broken opposite cell, two upper spots 

 outside the line, a broad orange patch in middle of wing, with a brown 

 streak in central cell. Paler brown beneath, overwashed with orange, 

 spots repeated but enlarged. Expands 1 .0(). Habitat, West Virginia 

 Colorado, and California. 



GENUS LV. ANYCLOXYPHIA. MARGINED SKIPPERS. 



Size, very small. Colors, brown, with orange patch 



in middle of both wings. Both wings, long and narrow. 



Body, long and slender. Club of antennae, with terminal, 



minute, and not hooked. Type A. numitor. (Plate X, 3.) 



440. ANCYLOXYPHIA NUMITOR Fab. 

 Bordered Skipper. 

 Brown above, orange- frmged, and with more or less distinct orange 

 patch in center of fore wing, containing a black dash, central patch bright- 

 er on hind pair, and reaching inner margin. Orange beneath, including 

 body, with a triangular patch of dark brown in center of fore wing, reach- 

 ing lower margin. Expands l.CK) to 1.10. Found from Maine to Ne- 

 braska and to Texas. 



