Genus Poanes 



Butterfly. — The upper side of the wings in both sexes is cor- 

 rectly shown in the plate. On the under side the fore wings 

 are black, with the costa and the outer margin bordered with 

 reddish, with three small subapical light spots 

 and two or three median spots. On the under side 

 the hind wings are bright yellow, bordered on the 

 costa and on the outer margin for part of their dis- 

 tance with reddish-brown. The female on the 

 under side is more obscurely marked than the male, 

 and the hind wings are more or less gray in many 

 specimens, lacking the bright yellow which appears 

 N F ' ation oFthe u P on tne wings of the male. There is considerable 

 genus Poanes, variation on the under side of the wings. Expanse, 

 enlarged. 3, 1. 1 5 inch; $, 1.20 inch. 



Early Stages. — Not known. 



The species ranges from New England westward as far as 

 Nebraska, and its range does not appear to extend south of Penn- 

 sylvania, though it has been reported from Colorado, and even 

 from northern Texas, in the West. 



Genus PHYCANASSA, Scudder 



Butterfly. — Antennae short; club straight, with a small crook 

 at the end. The palpi are as in the preceding genus, but a trifle 

 longer. The neuration is shown in the cut, 

 and is very much like that of the preceding 

 genus. 



Early Stages. — These are wholly unknown. 



(1) Phycanassa viator, Edwards, Plate 

 XLVI, Fig. 14, i ; Fig. 15, 9 (The Broad- 

 winged Skipper). 



Butterfly.— Accurately delineated in the 

 plate. On the under side the wings are as on 

 the upper side, but paler, and the secondaries 

 are traversed from the base to the middle of 

 the outer margin by a pale light-colored longi- 

 tudinal ray, which is more or less obscured in 

 some specimens, especially of the female. The light spots of the 

 upper side appear indistinctly on the under side. Expanse, $ , 

 1.45 inch; 9, 1.60 inch. 



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Fig. 178.— Neura- 

 tion of the genus Phy- 

 canassa, enlarged. 



