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Leonard's Skipper (Anthomaster leonardus)

Anthomaster leonardus (An-tho-mas'ter le-o-nar'dus) PLATE XL, FIG. 7, 8, 9 The upper surface of the wings is largely dark brown spotted and shaded with tawny, the yellow color covering a larger portion of the wings in the male than in the female; the male has a brand. The lower surface of the wings is reddish brown with very distinct silvery white or bright yellow markings. On the fore wings there is a blackish cloud surrounding the white spots in cells Cu, and Cu and extending to the base of the wing. Expanse of wings one and threetenths to one and four-tenths inches. This insect was named after Rev. L. W. Leonard, who gave a specimen to Harris, from which the species was first described. It occurs on the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida and westward to Kansas. The larva feeds on grasses.