THE COMMON SKIPPERS 



The Hoary-edge 

 Achalarus fycidas (A-chal'a-rus lyc'i-das) 

 Plate XLIV, Fig. 4, 7 

 The upper surface of the wings is chocolate-brown, with a 

 transverse row of yellow spots across the middle of the fore 

 wings, resembling in this respect the silver-spotted skipper. 

 But in this species the anal angle of the hind wings is round- 

 ed, and the greater part of the outer half of the lower side 

 of the hind wings is white. Expanse of wings about two 

 inches. 



The common name refers to the large hoary 

 patch on the outer margin of the lower side of 

 the hind wings. This insect is found from Mas- 

 sachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico and in the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. The larva feeds on tick-trefoil, 

 Desmodium. 



The Southern Cloudy-wing 



Thorybes bathyllus (Thor'y-bes ba-thyl'lus) 



Plate XLIV, Fig. 8 



There are two common skippers representing the genus 



Thorybes and popularly known as the Southern cloudy-wing 



and the Northern cloudy-wing respectively that resemble each 



other closely. They differ from the preceding species of 



Hesperiinas in lacking the long tails of the first and the yellow 



bands of the other three, and from the following species in 



having the club of the antennas hooked. The wings are 



dark brown ; the fore wings are flecked with small or very 



small irregular white spots, and the hind wings are crossed 



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