THE COMMON SKIPPERS 



The Little Glass-wing 



Euphyes verna (Eu'phy-es ver'na) 



Plate XLI, Fig. 13, 14, 15 



The upper surface of both fore and hind wings is a dark 

 rich brown ; the fore wings with a transverse row of white or 

 translucent spots beyond the middle and a small one near the 

 outer end of cell R + M; the hind wings without spots or 

 with merely traces of them ; the brand of the male is slender, 

 inconspicuous, and blackish. On the lower surface the spots 

 of the fore wings are repeated, and there may be a faint row 

 of spots beyond the middle of the hind wings. 



See table, page 266, for distinctions between this species and 

 the female of the cross-line skipper, which it closely resembles. 



Expanse of wings one and one-eighth to one and one-fourth 

 inches. 



The species is distributed from New York 

 westward to Kansas and southward along the 

 Alleghany Mountains. The popular name was 

 probably suggested by the resemblance in appear- 

 ance to some of the larger skippers with trans- 

 lucent spots on the wings. 



The Dun Skipper 

 Euphyes vestris (Eu'phy-es ves'tris) 

 Plate XLII, Fig. 3, 4, 5, 6 

 This is a dark glossy brown species either without light 

 markings or with a few small spots, and in which the terminal 

 crook of the antenna; is longer than the width of the club. 

 In the male of the typical form there are no whitish or 

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