. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Erynnis most hesperid larvae, and sluggish in proportion to its stoutness. It does not make a nest, but conceals itself between the leaves of grass at the point where they unite with the stem, and is not very difficult to discover. Chrysalis.—The chrysalis is elongated, cylin- drical. Our knowledge of this stage is not very accurate as yet. (i) Erynnis manitoba, Scudder, Plate XLVI, Fig. 2, S ; Fig. 3, ? (The Canadian Skipper). Butterfly, $.—The upper side of the wings is depicted in the plate. On the under side the wings Neuration^^"^ are paler,
. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Erynnis most hesperid larvae, and sluggish in proportion to its stoutness. It does not make a nest, but conceals itself between the leaves of grass at the point where they unite with the stem, and is not very difficult to discover. Chrysalis.—The chrysalis is elongated, cylin- drical. Our knowledge of this stage is not very accurate as yet. (i) Erynnis manitoba, Scudder, Plate XLVI, Fig. 2, S ; Fig. 3, ? (The Canadian Skipper). Butterfly, $.—The upper side of the wings is depicted in the plate. On the under side the wings Neuration^^"^ are paler, the fore wings fulvous on the cell, pale the genus Eryn- gray at the apex and on the outer margin. There *^"' enlarged. is a black shade at the base of the primaries, and a black streak corresponding in location to the discal stigma on the upper side. The hind wings are pale ferruginous, except a broad streak along the inner margin, which is whitish. All the light spots of the upper side of both wings reappear on the under side, but are more distinctly defined, and are pearly-white in color. ? .—The female, on the under side of the fore wing, has the black discal streak replaced by a broad ferruginous shade. The hind wings are darker, and the light spots stand forth more con- spicuously upon the darker ground. Expanse, $, inch; ?, inch. Early Stages.—These remain to be ascertained. The Canadian Skipper is found across the entire continent north of a line roughly approximating the boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. Along the Western Cordilleras it descends into the United States, as far south as Colorado and northern California. (2) Erynnis morrisoni, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 26, $ ; Fig. 27, ? (Morrison's Skipper). Butterfly.—The upper side of the wings in both sexes is suffi- ciently well delineated in the plate to obviate the necessity for description. On the under side the fore wings are pale fulvous, black at the base an
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