Early Stages.—Very little is known of these.
The species ranges through the Gulf States, and northward in the valley of the Mississippi as far as Nebraska and Iowa. It seems to be quite common in Nebraska, and probably has a wider distribution than is reported.
(2) Atrytone zabulon, Boisduval and Leconte, Plate XLVII, Fig. 37, ♂; Fig. 38, ♁ (The Hobomok Skipper).
Butterfly.—The upper side of both sexes is shown in the plate. The color on the disk of the wings is, however, a little too red. On the under side the wings are bright yellow, with the bases and the outer margin bordered with dark brown. Expanse, ♂, 1.25 inch; ♁, 1.50 inch.
Early Stages.—The caterpillar feeds upon grasses. The life-history has been described with minute accuracy by Dr. Scudder.
The species ranges from New England to Georgia, and westward to the Great Plains. It is very common in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the valley of the Ohio.
Dimorphic var. pocahontas, Scudder, Plate XLVII, Fig. 39, ♁. This is a melanic, or black, female variety of zabulon, which is not uncommon. It is remarkable because of the white spots on the primaries and the dark color of the under side of the wings.
(3) Atrytone taxiles, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. 31, ♂; Fig. 32, ♁ (Taxiles).
Butterfly.—The fore wings on the under side of the male are bright yellow, black at the base, slightly clouded on the outer margin with pale brown. The hind wings on the under side in this sex are still paler yellow, margined externally with pale brown, and crossed near the base and on the disk by irregular bands of pale brown. In the female sex the fore wings on the under side are fulvous, marked much as in the male, but darker, especially toward the apex, where the subapical spots and two small pale spots beyond the end of the cell near the outer margin interrupt the brown color. The hind wings on the under side are pale ferruginous, crossed by bands of lighter spots, and mottled with darker brown. Expanse, ♂, 1.45 inch; ♁, 1.50 inch.
Early Stages.—Unknown.