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smooth, and have large heads. The chrysalis hangs 

 suspended horizontally, or by a thread. Their flight is 

 low, near the earth, or among plants. 



The Broom Skipper (hesperia argus), or the Blue. 

 Males blue, enchased with white ; under side coppery, 

 with white and black spots on a green ground. Females 

 brown, lower wings ornamented with a row of orange- 

 colored spots | very common in meadows and gardens. 

 The caterpillar, scutiform or shield-shaped, green, dotted 

 with white ; changes into a brown pupa, which in two or 

 three weeks comes forth a living insect. Found in the 

 broom or clover. 



The Beautiful Argus (hesperia bellargus) is of a 

 beautiful light blue, bordered with white ; the under 

 side adorned Avith many eye-shaped spots, and margined 

 with yellow ; the upper wings ornamented with spots and 

 one curved line. Caterpillar yellow-green, with red 

 spots on the sides, and a dark stripe along the back. 

 The pupa are at first green, afterwards brown ; manner 

 of life like the foregoing. 



The Little Arion (hesperia arion). Azure-blue with 

 a broad black band ; the band of the lower wings orna- 

 mented with semi-circular white spots, under side with 

 eye-shaped circlets. Found in meadows in June and 

 July. 



The Green Argus (hesperia coridon). Body and 

 superior wings green, bordered with brown ; brown-gray 

 on the under side, with brown spots ; on the lower are a 

 few eyes ; wings bordered on their margins with orange- 

 colored spots. The female is altogether brown. 



The Mallow Skipper (hesperia malvae). Dark brown ; 

 upper wings variegated with white ; under yellow-brown, 

 with light and dark spots. The caterpillar is covered 



