[a]Fig. 174.]—Neuration of the genus Limochores, enlarged.
(1) Limochores taumas, Fabricius, Plate XLVII, Fig. 20, ♂; Plate VI, Fig. 44, chrysalis (The Fawny-edged Skipper).
Butterfly.—The upper side of the male is excellently portrayed in the plate. The female is without the tawny edge on the fore wing, the entire wing being olivaceous, with three small subapical spots and a median row of four spots beyond the end of the cell, increasing in size toward the inner margin. On the under side in both sexes the wings are uniformly dull olivaceous, with the spots of the upper side repeated. The costa of the male is edged with red on this side, as well as on the upper side. Expanse, ♂, 1.00 inch; ♁, 1.20 inch.
Early Stages.—The reader who wishes to know about them may consult the pages of "The Butterflies of New England." The caterpillar feeds on grasses.
The insect ranges from Canada to the Gulf, and westward to Texas, Colorado, and Montana.
(2) Limochores manataaqua, Scudder, Plate XLVI, Fig. 30, ♁ (The Cross-line Skipper).
Butterfly.—The male on the upper side is dusky-olive, with a black discal streak below the cell, which is slightly touched with reddish, becoming deeper and clearer red on the costa at the base. The wings on the under side are more or less pale gray, with a transverse series of pale spots on the primaries, and a very faint curved discal series of similar spots on the secondaries. The female, the upper side of which is well shown in the plate, is marked below much like the male. Expanse, 1.10-1.20 inch.
Early Stages.—These have been described by Scudder.
The insect occurs in New England and Canada, and ranges westward to Nebraska.
(3) Limochores pontiac, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 16, ♂; Fig. 17, ♁ (Pontiac).