. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. THE AHATON SKIPPER. 317 Hesperia Metacomet. Metacomet Skipper. Dark brown, slightly glossed with greenish yellow above, the male with a short, oblique black line on the middle of the fore wings, on both sides of which, in the female, are two yellowish dots on the middle, and two more near the front margin and tip; hind wings beneath with a transverse row of four very faint yellowish dots, which, however, are often wanting. Expands 1T3T inch. It resembles the preceding in some respects, but is of a uniform dark color ab
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. THE AHATON SKIPPER. 317 Hesperia Metacomet. Metacomet Skipper. Dark brown, slightly glossed with greenish yellow above, the male with a short, oblique black line on the middle of the fore wings, on both sides of which, in the female, are two yellowish dots on the middle, and two more near the front margin and tip; hind wings beneath with a transverse row of four very faint yellowish dots, which, however, are often wanting. Expands 1T3T inch. It resembles the preceding in some respects, but is of a uniform dark color above, and is probably a distinct species. It appears in July. Metacomet was the Indian name of the celebrated King Philip. Hesperia Ahaton. Ahaton Skipper. (Fig. 140.) Dark brown above ; fore wings in the male, tawny before m the middle from the base nearly to the tip, the tawny portion ending ex- ternally in three minute wedge-shaped spots; on the middle an oblique vel- vet-black line, near the outer extrem- ity of which are two or three small tawny spots ; under side spotted as above ; hind wings with- out spot above ; of a greenish or dusky yellow tinge below, with a transverse curved row of four minute yellowish dots, which are often very faint or entirely wanting. In the fe- male there is a tawny dash along the front margin of the fore wings, and the oblique black line is wanting, but the other spots are larger and more distinct. Expands from 1 inch to l-^. The markings on the fore wings somewhat resemble those of H. Leonardus, but in other respects it is different, and is much inferior in size. It was captured many years ago in â Milton, and I have given it the name of an Indian from that Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856; Flint, Charles Loui
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