BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



Found in June. July and August. It is single-brooded. The 



butterfly in general . ace l<><>ks very much like /'. . but 



rably larger, and on the under side of the hind wings 

 there The caterpillar feeds on grasses. 



81. Broad-Winged Skipper (Pamphila viator). 



Scarce in this neighborhood. 11 le-brooded, and is on the 



wing in June. 





82. Checkered Hesperid [Pyrgus tesseUatus). 



common in this vicinity. Appears to be triple-brooded, 

 being found from the latter pari '. until October The cater- 



pillar feeds on mail- . Indian mallow (Abutilon) and marsh- 



mallow (Alth 



83. Grizzled Hesperid 



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