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Box: 81 Cork: 46a

Hesperiidae  Polites peckius (Kirby) [det. D. Wright]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: PA: [Philadelphia Co.]: Holmesburg; Sept. 8, [18]75; "abundant in meadows"
Peale's Identification: Hesperia [Former ID: Polites mystic (W.H. Edwards). Note the abundant in meadows in September.]
Measurements: FWL = 13.0 mm (larger specimen) Comments: [box dated 1877-82]
Corks with multiple specimens are lettered clockwise starting with a at the top centerNote: Multiple specimens on one cork are given letters starting with a in the top center, with letters increasing (b, c, d, etc) clockwise around the cork or mica sheet. If there is no specimen in the top center, the first specimen encountered when moving clockwise around the cork from the top center is specimen a, the second specimen b, etc.

Specimen 46a in Peale Box 81,
Box 81 data: [North American Butterflies & Skippers] [Part 1: no title on index] [Part 2: no title on index] Mounted: 1877-1882

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