314 LEPIDOPTEKA. 



yellow spot occupying the greater part of the middle, four 

 or five minute spots of the same color near the tips of the 

 fore wings, on which is also a short brownish line at the 

 outer extremity of the central mesh ; 

 under side of the fore wings similar 

 to the upper, but paler ; hind wings 

 brown beneath, with a yellow spot 

 near the shoulder, and a very broad 

 deep yellow band, which does not 

 attain the inner margin, and has a 

 tooth-like projection extending towards the hinder edge. 

 The male has not the usual distinguishing oblique dash on 

 the fore wings, which differ from those of the female only 

 in the greater size of the tawny portion, which extends to 

 the front margin. 



Expands from 1/^ to l^V inch. 



This skipper comes very near to the Otlio of Smith and 

 Abbot (which is not the same as the Oiho of Boisduval), and 

 also approaches closely to a species that is figured in Dr. 

 Boisduval's work under the name of Zahulon ; but does not 

 sufficiently agree with either of them, and, in the belief that 

 it has not been described before, I have given it the name 

 of one of our celebrated Indian chiefs. It is found in June 

 and July. 



Hesperia Leonardus. Leonard's Skipper. (Fig. 138.) 



Dark brown above ; fore wings of the male tawny yellow 



on the front margin from the 

 ^'^' ' ■ base to beyond the middle ; 



behind this tawny portion is 

 a short black line, and be- 

 hind the latter a row of con- 

 tiguous tawny spots, extend- 

 ing from the middle of the 

 inner edge towards the tip ; 

 the spots at this extremity small and separated from the oth- 



