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The Powesheik Skipper

Oarisma powesheik (O-a-ris'ma pow'e-sheik) PLATE XXXIX, FIG. 7 In this species, as in the two preceding, the club of the antennæ lacks the terminal hook. The upper surface of both fore and hind wings is dark brown; the costal margin of the fore wings to near the apex is dull yellow; the fore wings of the male lack the brand. Expanse of wings one and one-fifth inches.

This is a Western species, occurring in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, and Montana.

Powesheik was the name of a friendly chief of Territorial times in the West.

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