182 NOHTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



489. PAMPHILA PPwVTINCOLA Bd. 



Meadow Skipper. 

 Bright yellow above, with a few small spots only for a border, con- 

 isting of dusky triangles at ends of veins, and there is a blackish sti'eak 

 at apex. Yellow beneath, unspotted, excepting a small pale spot near 

 apex of fore wing. Female, larger, with a serrate blackish border, and 

 there is an oblique blackish band on fore wing, surmounted at apex by 

 a spot of same color. Beneath, much as in male, but differs in having 

 an irregular row of pale spots on hind wings. Expands 1.25. Found 

 in California and Washington. 



Fig. 55. 



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Illiistrating the genus r.imphila lower side, hind winR; a, massasiot; pooahontas (fore wing) : 

 c.ntvada; d, Colorado; e, sasBaeus : f, Columbia, g, nianitoba: h.juli;;, 



490. PAMPHILA VEPtUS Edw. 

 Havilaii Skipper. 

 Yellowish orange above, bordering pale dusky, broadest on fore 

 wings, narrower on hind pair ; three indistinct spots in apex of fore wings, 

 and a series of small spots in an oblique line outside edge of cell. Dash, 

 black, slender, broken at lower branch of middle vein, but not separated, 

 and somewhat edged with black on either side ; on upper end, a dusky 

 patch connects it with the dark margin. Beneath, both wings are yel- 

 lowish orange ; hind wings unspotted ; fore wings have a little black at 

 base, and a black streak represents dash ; the indistinct spots are repeat- 

 ed, but paler. Female, similar, but paler, with spots clearer. Expands 

 1.00. Found at Havilah, California. 



491. PAMPHILA CAMPESTRIS Bd. 



Prairie Skipper. 

 Size and form similar to those of P. nemorum. Yellow above, rath- 

 er widely brown-bordered, and j^ellow-fringed. On apex of fore wings 

 are two or three yellow dots, and there are some dusk}^ spots on middle 

 of hind wings; beneath, pale yellow, spots repeated on fore wings, and 

 there is a row of small spots crossing hind wings. Found in Southern 

 California. 



