(2) Amblyscirtes samoset, Scudder, Plate XLVII, Fig. 6, ♂; Plate VI, Fig. 45, chrysalis (Pepper-and-salt Skipper).
Butterfly.—This little species on the upper side has the ground-color as in the preceding species; the fringes on both wings are pale gray. There are three small subapical spots on the fore wing, three somewhat larger spots, one on either side of the second median nervule and the third near the inner margin, and two very minute spots at the end of the cell. On the under side the wings are pale gray, the white spots of the upper side of the fore wing reappearing. The hind wing is in addition marked by a semicircular median band of white spots, a small spot at the end of the cell, and another conspicuous white spot about the middle of the costa. Expanse, 1.00-1.10 inch.
Early Stages.—The caterpillar apparently feeds upon grasses. We know as yet very little of the life-history of the insect.
It is found in Maine, New Hampshire, along the summits of the Appalachian mountain-ranges as far south as West Virginia, and is reported to be common in Wisconsin and Michigan.
(3) Amblyscirtes ænus, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 7, ♁ (The Bronze Skipper).
Butterfly.—This obscure little species has the upper side of the wings somewhat tawny. The markings, which are similar to those in A. samoset, are not white, but yellow. The wings on the under side are darker than in samoset. The spots of the fore wing are the same, but the spots on the under side of the hind wing are different, and form a zigzag postmedian transverse band, with a single small spot at the end of the cell, and another of the same size beyond the middle of the costa. Expanse, 1.00-1.20 inch.
Early Stages.—These are unknown.
The species occurs in western Texas and Arizona.
(4) Amblyscirtes simius, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 8, ♂ (Simius).
Butterfly.—The upper side of the male is correctly figured in the plate. The wings on the under side are quite pale; the spots of the fore wing reappear on the under side, and the fore wing is blackish at the base; the hind wing has the angle at the base broadly white, with a broad white blotch at the end of the cell, and a semicircular curved band of obscure spots traversing the middle of the wing. Expanse, ♂, .90 inch; ♁, 1.20 inch.