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The Yellow Spot (Polites peckius Po-li'tes)

Polites peckius (Po-li'tes peck'i-us) PLATE XLI, FIG. 10, 11, 12 The upper surface of both fore and hind wings is dark brown with a row of yellow spots beyond the middle of each, and the costal border is more or less yellow. The male has a velvety black brand which is sinuous and interrupted before the middle. Lower surface of the wings cinnamon brown, with the markings of the upper surface repeated in yellow; on the hind wings there is a large central yellow patch covering more than half of the wing. This is a small species expanding from seven-eighths inch to one inch.

The species was named in honor of Professor Peck, one time of Cambridge, Mass. The common name was suggested by the yellow spots on the wings. The skipper is found in Canada and in the Northern States, west to Kansas.