Genus POLITES Scudder
PL. CXLIII
(1) Polites peckius (Kirby), [Plate CXLIII], Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♀ (Peck’s Skipper).
This small species is dark brown below, with the light spots of the upper side reappearing, greatly enlarged, especially in the middle of the wings, fused together and pale yellow, thus contrasting strongly with the rest of the wings. Expanse 1.00-1.25 inch.
Peck’s Skipper ranges from Canada to Virginia west to Kansas and Iowa.