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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 
minute white ones on the outer half of the fore wings 
(Fig. 453). This skipper is found throughout the greater 
part of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. 
Among the smaller members of this subfamily are the 
skippers of the genus Pholisora. The most widely dis¬ 
tributed species of this genus is the Sooty-wing, Pholisora 
catullus (Phol-i-so'ra ca-tul'lus). The expanse of the wings 
is a little more than one inch. The wings are nearly black, 
marked with minute white spots, which vary in size and 
number. This species is found throughout the United 
States except along the extreme northern border. 
The genus Hesperia includes a considerable number of 
small skippers, which are easily recognized by their check¬ 
ered markings of white upon a dark brown ground. Small 
white spots on the wings are common in this subfamily, 
but in this genus the white spots are unusually large, so 
large in some cases that they occupy the greater part of the 
wing. One of the more common species is the Variegated 
Tessellate, Hesperia tessellata (Hes-pe'ri-a tes-sel-la'ta). 
This is distributed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and is 
the only one common in the Eastern United States. In this 
species more than one half of the outer two thirds of both 
fore and hind wings is white. 
Subfamily PAMPHlLlNiE (Pam-phi-li'nae). 
Skippers with a Discal Patch . 
This subfamily includes the greater number of our 
smaller skippers. Some of the species, however, surpass in 
size many of the Hesperiinae. To the 
Pamphilinae belong all of our common 
tawny skippers, as well as some black 
or dark brown species. The antennae 
usually have a stout club, with a short, 
recurved tip; sometimes this tip is 
Fig. 454 . — Limochores fon- , T ... 
tiac % male. wanting. In the majority of our species 
the males can be recognized at a glance by a conspicuous 
