HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



described below, and can be separated by the following 



table : 



A. The hind wings furnished with long tails. (E. proteus), 

 p. 292. The Long-tailed Skipper. 



AA. The hind wings not furnished with long tails. 



B. Fore wings with a broad, bright yellow band near the 

 middle. 



C. With a large silvery-white spot in the center of the 

 lower side of the hind wings. (E. tityrus), p. 293. 

 The Silver-spotted Skipper. 



CC. Without a silvery-white spot in the center of the 

 lower side of the hind wings. 



D. The greater part of the outer half of the lower side 

 of the hind wings white. (A. lycidas), p. 295. 



The Hoary-edge. 



DD. Lower side of hind wings dark brown through- 

 out. {R. cellus), p. 294. 



The Golden-banded Skipper. 



BB. Fore wings not crossed with a broad, bright yellow 

 band. 



C. Upper surface of wings black or brown, with a few 

 white spots on the fore wings or with none, hind wings 

 not checkered with white. 



D. Club of antennse hooked ; anal angle of hind wings 

 slightly prolonged. 



E. The white spots on the middle of the fore wings 

 forming an almost continuous band. {T. bathyl- 

 lus), p. 295. The Southern Cloudy-wing. 

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