(5) Erynnis uncas (Edwards), Plate CXLVIII, Fig. 4, cf (Uncas' Skipper). (See p. 220.) 

 Below in both sexes wings beautifully marked with pearly white spots on greenish gray 



ground, the spots defined inwardly and outwardly by dark olive shades. Expanse 1.30-1.55 

 inch. 



Ranges from Pennsylvania to Montana. 



(6) Erynnis leonardus (Harris), Plate CXLI, Fig. 1, cf; Fig. 2, 9 (Leonard's Skipper). 

 Larger than most of the preceding species. Below wings dark brick-red. Spots of 



upper side reappearing more or less faintly. Expanse 1.25-1.35 inch. 



Ranges from New England and Ontario to Florida, west throughout the Mississippi 

 Valley. 



GENUS THYMELICUS HUBNEB 



(1) Thymelicus brettus (Boisduval & Leconte), Plate CXLI, Fig. 3, d"; Fig. 4, 9 (The 

 Whirlabout). 



This insect, which is rare in the Northern States, is common in the South and has a wide 

 range through the American tropics. Expanse 1.15-1.25 inch. 



(2) Thymelicus otho (Smith & Abbot), Plate CXLII, Fig. 1, cT; Fig. 2, 9 . 



The upper side is sufficiently well shown in our plate. Below the wings are yellowish 

 brown with outer half of the fore wings blackish; spots of fore wing repeated except last. 

 Hind wings below with an obscure yellowish band of five or six spots. A variable species. The 

 northern form, with fewer spots, is called egeremet, and is not very common in New England, 



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