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angles below apex, near margin, then two-thirds across wing, turns to 

 the middle and runs through cell to base. Female, similar above, but 

 the spots are larger with those on lower side of hind wing repeated above. 

 Beneath, on fore wing orange on middle and near margin ; the upper 

 and sub-marginal spots are clear white, central spots yellow. Hind 

 wings, greenish, with clear white spots not connected, and the band is 

 bent as in the male. Expands 1.30. Found in Colorado. 



498. PAMPIIILA SABULETI Bd. 



Sand Skipper. 

 Orange yellow above ; widely brown bordered. Dash very short, 

 and joined to a grayish spot. Beneath, paler, with a row of brown streaks, 

 inclined to be arrow-shaped, crossing both wings, and there is a second 

 row near base on hind wings. Female, larger and paler, with a row of 

 paler spots between end of cells and outer border. Expands 1.25. 

 Found in California. 



499. PAMPHILA OTHO Sm-Abb. 

 Yellowish-brown Skipper. 



Size, medium. Yellowish brown above, with a series of yellow 

 spots crossing outer portion of fore wing, and two small spots at end of 

 cell on hind wings. Beneath, the spots are repeated on fore wing, ex- 

 cepting the lower, and there are five or six spots in a band on hind pair. 

 Dash, much as in P. metacomet. Expands 1.15 to 1.40. Found in the 

 Southern Atlantic States, Mississippi Valley, and Texas. 



501a. Pamphlla otho egeremet Scud., is darker than the type, 

 and lacks the lower spots on fore wing above, and the two spots on hind 

 pair. Found in the Northern Atlantic States and Ontario. 



500. PAIMPIIILA PECIvlUS Kirby. 

 Peck's Skipper. 

 Plate X, 4. 

 Size, small. Brown above, orange-marked as follows; a patch above 

 dash to upper margin, and base, and aLjng lower margin as far as end 

 of dash, in a narrow line, three spots in apex, two below these nearer 

 margin, and two at end of dash, a large patch in middle of hind wing, 

 and a dot in cell. Dash, black, slightly curved on lower side and fol- 

 lowed basally by a dot of velvety black. Beneath, strongly orange-tint- 

 ed, obscuring the brown; dusky at base of fore wing, and along lower 

 border, spots repeated, enlarged; on hind wing central patch repeated, 

 enlarged, and there is a second basal patch, joined to outer at two points; 



