THE COMMON SKIPPERS 



The common name was probably suggested by 

 the linear form of the brand of the male. The 

 species occurs from New England to Nebraska 

 in a rather narrow belt of country.' The larva 

 feeds on errasses. 



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The Broad-Winged Skipper 

 Phycanassa viator (Phyc-a-nas'sa vi-a'tor) 

 Plate XLII, Fig. ii, 12 

 The wings are blackish brown marked with dull tawny ; 

 on the fore wings there is a double yellow spot in the outer 

 end of cell R + M, a transverse row of spots beyond the mid- 

 dle, and a long yellow bar in cell Cu ; the disk of the hind 

 wings is yellow broken into long spots by the brown veins. 

 There is no trace of a brand in the male. 



Excepting the Brazilian skipper, this is the 

 largest member of this subfamily found in the 

 East, expanding one and one-fourth to one and 

 one-half inches or more. The wings are rela- 

 tively narrow and long, the common name re- 

 ferring to the breadth of expanse rather than to 

 the breadth of the wings measured from the cos- 

 tal to the inner margin. The species occurs in 

 the Atlantic States from New England to the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



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