Early Stages.—Not known.
The species ranges from New England westward as far as Nebraska, and its range does not appear to extend south of Pennsylvania, though it has been reported from Colorado, and even from northern Texas, in the West.
Genus PHYCANASSA, Scudder
Butterfly.—Antennæ short; club straight, with a small crook at the end. The palpi are as in the preceding genus, but a trifle longer. The neuration is shown in the cut, and is very much like that of the preceding genus.
Early Stages.—These are wholly unknown.
[a]Fig. 178.]—Neuration of the genus Phycanassa, enlarged.
(1) Phycanassa viator, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 14, ♂; Fig. 15, ♁ (The Broad-winged Skipper).
Butterfly.—Accurately delineated in the plate. On the under side the wings are as on the upper side, but paler, and the secondaries are traversed from the base to the middle of the outer margin by a pale light-colored longitudinal ray, which is more or less obscured in some specimens, especially of the female. The light spots of the upper side appear indistinctly on the under side. Expanse, ♂, 1.45 inch; ♁, 1.60 inch.