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and widely separated at the base. Each short palpus 

 has a large middle joint and a small joint at the tip. 

 The fore wings project out at the front angle and the 

 hind wings are folded along the inner margin. There are 

 six well-developed legs in both sexes. The colors are 

 chiefly various tones of brown, dull rather than bright, 

 and many of the forms resemble one another so closely 

 that it is difficult to separate them. 



The Skipper caterpillars have stout bodies and are 

 easily known by the constricted neck which is well shown 

 in plate opposite page 192. Most of these have the 

 habit of making nests from the leaves of the food plants, 

 weaving them together with silken threads. In a similar 

 way each also makes a slight cocoon when it is ready to 

 change to a chrysalis. 



The Sldppers found in eastern North America are com- 

 monly grouped into two types — the Larger Skippers and 

 the Smaller Skippers. The characteristics are given in 

 the paragraph immediately following and the one on 

 page 278. 



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The butterflies of this tribe have that part of the club 

 of the antenna, which is recm'ved, about as long as the 

 thicker part below it. As a rule, the abdomen is dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the hind wings. The caterpillars 

 are rather short and thick, and the upper part of the head, 

 when looked at from in front, is square or roundish rather 

 than tapering. The chrysalids have the tongue case at- 

 tached throughout its length and stopping short of the 

 tips of the wing cases. 



