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Fawny-edged Skipper
Butterfly.--The upper side of the male is excellently portrayed in the plate. The female is without the tawny edge on the fore wing, the entire wing being olivaceous, with three small subapical spots and a median row of four spots beyond the end of the cell, increasing in size toward the inner margin. On the under side in both sexes the wings are uniformly dull olivaceous, with the spots of the upper side repeated. The costa of the male is edged with red on this side, as well as on the upper side. Expanse, male, 1.00 inch; female, 1.20 inch.
Early Stages.--The reader who wishes to know about them may consult the pages of "The Butterflies of New England." The caterpillar feeds on grasses.
The insect ranges from Canada to the Gulf, and westward to Texas, Colorado, and Montana.