. Studies in natural history. Natural history; Natural history. 60 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY ^^9 Genus ANCYLOXYPHA Felder Ancyloxypha Feld., Verh. Ges. Wien xn, 477, 1862. Type Hesperia numitor Fab. Palpi upturned; second joint normal, deeply sealed; third slender, pointed, almost as long as second. Antennae much less than one-half as long as primar- ies ; club blunt, moderately large. Costa of primaries rounded at base, less so in outer half; outer margin broadly rounded, cell slightly less than three-fifths as long as wing; vein 5 nearer to 4 than to 6; 2 and 3 near end of cell.
. Studies in natural history. Natural history; Natural history. 60 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY ^^9 Genus ANCYLOXYPHA Felder Ancyloxypha Feld., Verh. Ges. Wien xn, 477, 1862. Type Hesperia numitor Fab. Palpi upturned; second joint normal, deeply sealed; third slender, pointed, almost as long as second. Antennae much less than one-half as long as primar- ies ; club blunt, moderately large. Costa of primaries rounded at base, less so in outer half; outer margin broadly rounded, cell slightly less than three-fifths as long as wing; vein 5 nearer to 4 than to 6; 2 and 3 near end of cell. Secondaries rather long through cell, rounded; outer margin slightly emarginate be- o& *V«£Kte*3SSKS »;• tween veins 4 and 6. Male with- outer line shows limit of vestiture, c. Pal-. pus, d. Neuration out stigma. Fig. 20. 1. ANCYLOXYPHA NUMITOR Eesperia mrnitor Fab., Ent. Syst. in, (i), 324, 1793. Thymelicus puer Hbn., Verz. bek. Sehmett. 113, 1820. Heteropterus marginatus Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., 3rd ed., 308, 1862. Scudder, Butt. New Eng. n, 1558, 1889. Holland, Butterfly Book 345, pi. xlvii, f. 2, 1898. Atlantic coast west to Texas, north into Canada; May to August. The disk of the primaries is black below, while that of the following species is ruddy fulvous. ab. LONGLEYI Ancyloxypha longleyi French, Can. Ent. xxix, 80, 1897. Described from Illinois. A form in which the primaries are glossy black above. 2. ANCYLOXYPHA ARENE Heteropterus arene Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. in, 214, 1871. Copaeodes myrtis Edw., Papilio n, 26, 1882. Apaustus leporma Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlv, 166, 1884, (fide G. & S.). Holland, Butterfly Book 346, pi. XLvn, f. 11, 1898. Biol. , Ehop. n, 472, pi. 92, ff. 35-38, 1900. Arizona, August. Differs from numitor in the absence of black from the under surface of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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