HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



common on locust. It makes a nest, within 

 which it remains concealed, by fastening togeth- 

 er, with silk, the leaflets of a compound leaf 

 (Fig. 49). 



Fig. 49. — Nest of the larva of the silver-spotted skipper. 



The Golden-banded Skipper 

 Rhabdoides cellus (Rhab-doi'des cel'lus) 

 Plate XLIV, Fig. 2 

 This resembles the preceding and the following species in 

 being dark chocolate-brown, with a yellow band across the 

 middle of the fore wings , but in this species the band is 

 larger than in either of the other species, and is more nearly 

 continuous, being broken to a less extent by brown scales 

 upon the wings. It differs also from the other two species in 

 having the lower side of the hind wings dark brown through- 

 out. It expands about two inches. 



This species is found from West Virginia to 

 the Gulf of Mexico. 



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