The species occurs very rarely in New England, is found from New Jersey to Florida and Texas, and ranges westward to Wisconsin and Iowa.
(8) Erynnis sylvanoides, Boisduval, Plate XLVII, Fig. 44, ♂ (The Woodland Skipper).
Butterfly.—The upper side of the male is well shown in the plate. The female on the upper side has less fulvous, the wings being prevalently fuscous, and the red color reduced to a spot at the end of the cell. There is a median band of fulvous spots on both wings. On the under side in both sexes the wings are quite pale gray, with the costa near the base and the cell of the primaries reddish. The primaries at the base near the inner margin are black. The spots of the upper side reappear, but are pale and faint. Expanse, 1.25-1.35 inch.
Early Stages.—Unknown.
The species ranges along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to California, and eastward to Colorado.
(9) Erynnis leonardus, Harris, Plate XLVII, Fig. 35, ♂; Fig. 36, ♁ (Leonard's Skipper).
Butterfly.—Stouter and larger than the preceding species, and notably darker in coloring. The upper side of the wings is shown in the plate. On the under side the wings are dark brick-red. The primaries are blackish on the outer half, interrupted by the spots of the median series, which on the under side are large, distinct, and shade from pale fulvous to white toward the inner margin. The secondaries have a round pale spot at the end of the cell, and a curved median band of similar spots, corresponding in location to those on the upper side. Expanse, ♂, 1.25 inch; ♁, 1.35 inch.
Early Stages.—These are only imperfectly known. The caterpillar feeds on grasses.
The butterfly, which haunts flowers and may easily be captured upon them, ranges from New England and Ontario southward to Florida, and westward to Iowa and Kansas.
(10) Erynnis snowi, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 29, ♂; Fig. 30, ♁ (Snow's Skipper).