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and Tsadely separated at the base. Each short pal- 

 pus 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 d^'fiicult to 

 separate them. 



The Skipper caterpillars have stout bodies and are 

 easily known by the constricted neck. Most of these 

 have the habit of making nests from the leaves of the food 

 plants, weaving them together w^ith silken threads. In 

 a similar way each also makes a slight cocoon when it is 

 ready to change to a chrysalis. 



The Skippers 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 £78. 



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The butterflies of this tribe have that part of the club 

 of the antenna, which is recurved, 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. 



