Genus Thymelicus 



notably darker in coloring. The upper side of the wings is 

 shown in the plate. On the under side the wings are dark brick- 

 red. The primaries are blackish on the outer half, interrupted 

 by the spots of the median series, which on the under side are 

 large, distinct, and shade from pale fulvous to white toward the 

 inner margin. The secondaries have a round pale spot at the 

 end of the cell, and a curved median band of similar spots, cor- 

 responding in location to those on the upper side. Expanse, 5 , 

 1.25 inch; ? , 1.35 inch. 



Early Stages. — These are only imperfectly known. The cat- 

 erpillar feeds on grasses. 



The butterfly, which haunts flowers and may easily be cap- 

 tured upon them, ranges from New England and Ontario south- 

 ward to Florida, and westward to Iowa and Kansas. 



(10) Erynnis snowi, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 29, 5 ; Fig. 

 30, ? (Snow's Skipper). 



Bntterjiy. — The upper side of the wings of both sexes is well 

 represented in the plate. On the under side the wings are uni- 

 formly reddish-brown, with the primaries black at the base, and 

 the median spots enlarged near the inner margin and whitish, as 

 in the preceding species. The light spots of the upper side re- 

 appear below as pale spots, which are well defined on the dark 

 ground-color. Expanse, i. 25-1. 40 inch. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The species ranges from southern Colorado to Arizona. 



Genus THYMELICUS, Hubner 



Butterfly. — The antennae are short, less than half the length of 

 the costa; the club is stout and short, somewhat crooked just at 

 the end. The third joint of the palpi is conical, almost concealed 

 in the thick vestiture of the second joint. The neuration is given 

 in the cut. 



Egg. — The egg is hemispherical, with the surface marked by 

 irregular angular cells formed by slightly raised lines. 



Caterpillar.— JhQ caterpillars feed on grasses. They are long 

 and slender, thicker behind than before, covered with short hair. 

 They are generally dark in color, and not green as are the cater- 

 pillars in most of the hesperid genera. 



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