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The Golden-Banded Skipper (Rhabdoides cellus Rhab-doi'des)

Rhabdoides cellus (Rhab-doi'des cel'lus) PLATE XLIV, FIG. 2 This resembles the preceding and the following species in being dark chocolate-brown, with a yellow band across the middle of the fore wings; but in this species the band is larger than in either of the other species, and is more nearly continuous, being broken to a less extent by brown scales upon the wings. It differs also from the other two species in having the lower side of the hind wings dark brown throughout. It expands about two inches. This species is found from West Virginia to the Gulf of Mexico. 2 Plate XLIII.

Plate XLIII.
Plate XLIII.

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