. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 3/2 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
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 3/2 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 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 montivaga (Hes-pe'ri-a mon-tiv'a-ga). 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 Pamphilinje (Pam-phi-li'nse)o Skippers zvith 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 pon- . ^ . . - tiac, male. w^autmg. in the majority of our species the males can be recognized at a glance by a conspicuous. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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