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Skinner's Skipper

Plate XLVI — Skinner's Skipper is Fig. 40
Plate XLVI — Skinner's Skipper is Fig. 40

Butterfly.--The upper side of the male is shown in the plate. On the under side the wings are lighter, the secondaries uniformly pale cinnamon-brown, marked with a semicircle of four yellowish round spots, with a small spot on the cell toward the base. Expanse, 1.25-1.35 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

The species has been taken in Florida, and is as yet not common in collections. The figure is that of the type.