HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



The Canadian Skipper 

 Erynnis comma (E-ryn'nis com'ma) 

 Plate XXXIX, Fir,. 17, 18, 19 

 In the male the upper surface of the wings are dull yellow 

 with the outer margins brownish; there is a distinct brand. 

 In the female the yellow color is more obscured by brownish 

 scales, but there is a transverse row of spots beyond the 

 middle of both fore and hind wings. On the lower surface 

 of the fore wings the markings of the upper surface are re- 

 peated, and the hind wings are greenish with white spots; 

 the green is more pronounced than in any other species 

 occurring in the East. Expanse of wings one inch to one 

 and one-fourth inches. 



Occurs in Canada from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, and in the mountains of the western 

 United States. 



The Indian Skipper 

 Erynnis sassacus (E-ryn'nis sas'sa-cus) 

 Plate XL, Fig. i, 2, 3 

 The upper surface of the wings is largely yellow in both 

 sexes, with the margins, except the costal margin of the fore 

 wings, brown, and with a brand in the male. The lowersurface 

 of the wings is pale, dull, greenish buff with the lighter mark- 

 ings of the upper surface more or less distinctly repeated. 



The upper surface of this skipper resembles quite closely 

 the male and the yellow female of the mormon, but the 

 central, light-colored patch of the lower side of the hind 



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