Genus Hylephila 



(2) Polites mardon, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 26, $ (The 

 Oregon Skipper). 



Butterfly. On the under side the wings are pale gray, with 

 the light spots of the primaries and a curved median band of 

 spots on the secondaries whitish. Expanse, $, i.io inch; ?, 

 i. 20 inch. 



Early Stages. Unknown. 



The only specimens I have, including the types, were taken 

 in Oregon and Washington. 



(3) Polites sabuleti, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 42, $ ; Fig. 

 43, ? (The Sand-hill Skipper). 



Butterfly. Small, the male on the upper side looking like a 

 diminutive and darkly bordered phylceus. On the under side the 

 wings are paler than on the upper side; the still paler spots of 

 the discal areas are defined outwardly and inwardly by elongated 

 dark spots. Expanse, i.oo-i.io inch. 



Early Stages. Unknown. 



The habitat of this species is California. 



Genus HYLEPHILA, Billberg 



Butterfly. The antennae are very short, scarcely one third the 

 length of the costa of the fore wing; the club is robust and 

 short, with a very minute crook at the end ; the palpi are as in 

 the two preceding genera. The neuration of the 

 wings is represented in the cut. 



Early Stages. As yet but partially known. 

 The larva feeds on grasses, and the mature form 

 has been figured by Abbot, a copy of whose draw- 

 ing is given by Dr. Scudder in Plate 77 of "The 

 Butterflies of New England." 



(i) Hylephila phylaeus, Drury, Plate XLVI, 

 Fig. 1 8, $ ; Fig. 19, ?; Plate VI, Fig. 39, chrysalis 



(^ Fiy Skipper). 



Butterfly. The upper side is correctly shown 

 in the plate. On the under side the wings are 

 pale yellow, with a few small, round spots on the margin and 

 disk of the hind wings, a black patch at the base, large black 

 marginal spots, and a central, interrupted, longitudinal black 

 streak on the disk of the primaries. Expanse, 1. 15-1.25 inch. 



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FIG. i 

 Neuration 

 genus Hylephila, 

 enlarged. 



