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4. ATRYTOXE ARPA 



Sesperia arpa Boisd. & Lee, Lep. Am. Sept. pi. 68, 1833. 



Florida, June, September and October. 



The stigma is present in the males of this and all of the following 

 species, which make up the former genus Euphyes. 



5. ATRYTONE PALATKA 



Kesperia palatl'a Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, 287, 1867. 

 Sesperia floridensis Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. XLrv, 196, 1883. 

 Seudder, Butt. New Eng. m, 1863, 1889. 

 Holland, Butterfly Book 358, pi. XLVi, f. 21, 1898. 



Florida, May, August to October. Skinner gives its range as "Gulf 

 States, Neb." (Cat. p. 89). 



In the original description the name of this species was spelled piJatla 

 but this was amended by Edwards himself in his later writings. It is the 

 largest species of the genus. 



6. ATRYTOXE DION 



PampUla dion Edw., Can. Ent. xi, 238, 1879. 



New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Omaha, Neb. (Leuss- 

 ler) ; June and July. St. Louis, Mo. (Knetzger). 



The pale dashes on the under surface of the secondaries are unique in 

 this genus. 



7. ATRYTONE CONSPICUA 



EespeHa conspicu<i Edw., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, ii, 17, pi. 5, f. 5, 1863. 



$ Eesperki pontiac Edw., op. cit. 17, pi. xi, f. 5. 



Hedone orono Scud., Syst. Eev. 58, (79) 1872. 



Seudder, Butt. New Eng. il, 1732, 1889. 



Holland, Butterfly Book 358, pi. XLVi, ff. 16, 17, 1898. 



New Jersey north to Massachusetts and west into Nebraska; July. 



8. ATRYTOXE BIMACULA 



Hesperia bimacula G. & R., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. viii, 433, 1867. 

 Sesperia acancotus Scud., Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xi, 381, 1868. 

 Eesperia illinois Dodge, Can. Ent. iv, 217, 1872. 

 Seudder, Butt. New Eng. ii, 1718, 1889. 



Ontario, New Jersey, New York, Iowa; July. Skinner lists Nebraska 

 (Cat. p. 88). I have taken one specimen at Sioux City, Iowa, 



The under surface of the secondaries is usually pale with the veins 

 marked in white. The upper surface has a little yellow-fulvous on each 

 side of the stigma in, the male, and only two or three small extradiscal 

 spots in the female which are of a very pale color. 



9. ATRYTONE VESTRIS 



Hesperia vestris Boisd., Ann. Soc. Ent. France (2), x, 317, 1852. 

 Hesperia metacomet Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. 3rd ed., 317, 1862. 



