CONTENTS 



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Gossamer-wings (Lycaenidae) 240 



The Tribe of the Hairstreaks: Great Purple 



Hairstreak; Gray Hairstreak; Banded Hairstreak; 



Striped Hairstreak; Acadian Hairstreak; OHve 



Hairstreak; Synopsis of the Hairstreaks . . . 242 



The Tribe of the Coppers: Wanderer; American 



Copper; Synopsis of the Coppers 252 



The Tribe of the Blues: Spring Azure; Scudder's 

 Blue; Tailed Blue; Silvery Blue: Synopsis of the 

 Blues 258 



PART HI 



The Skipper Butterflies — Superfamily Res- 

 perioidea 266 



Giant Skippers (Megathymidae) 267 



Yucca-borer Skipper 



Common Skippers {Hesperiidae) 268 



The Tribe of the Larger Skippers: Silver-spotted 

 Skipper; Long-tailed Skipper; Juvenal's Dusky- 

 wing; Sleepy Dusky- wing; Persius's Dusky- wing; 



Sooty Wing 269 



The Tribe of the Smaller Skippers : Tawny-edged 

 Skipper; Roadside Skipper; Least Skipper , . 278 



