Genus Copaeodes 



ored as on the upper side, save that the fore wings at the base 

 near the inner margin are blackish, and that the hind wings are a 



trifle paler than on the upper side. The sexes 

 do not differ in color. Expanse, .75-1.00 

 inch. 



This pretty little butterfly is a Southern spe- 

 cies, is found plentifully in Texas and Arizona, 

 and occurs also very commonly in southern 

 California. 



(2) Copaeodes wrighti, Edwards, Plate 

 XLV1I, Fig. 10, $ (Wright's Skipper). 



Butterfly. — This species may be easily dis- 

 tinguished from the preceding by the dark 

 Fig. 165.— Neuration fringes of both the fore and the hind wing 

 of the genus Copceodes. and by the different arrangement of the discal 



stigma on the fore wing. On the under side it is colored very 

 much as procris. Expanse, .75-1. 10 inch. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The species is found in the Mohave Desert and southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



(3) Copaeodes myrtis, Edwards, Plate XLVII, Fig. II, $ 

 (Myrtis). 



Butterfly. — This diminutive little species may be readily 

 recognized by the plate. The fore wings are somewhat broadly 

 margined with dusky at the apex and along the outer margin; 

 the hind wings on the costa are broadly and on the outer edge 

 narrowly margined with dusky. On the under side the fore 

 wings are blackish at the base. Expanse, .75 inch. 



The only specimens of this butterfly that I have ever seen 

 came from Arizona. The type is figured in the plate. 



Genus ERYNNIS, Schrank 



Butterfly. — The antennae are short, less than half the length of 

 the costa; the club is robust, with a very minute terminal crook; 

 the palpi have the third joint minute, suberect, and bluntly coni- 

 cal. There is a discal stigma on the fore wing of the male. 



Egg. — Somewhat spherical. 



Caterpillar. — Feeds upon grasses, and is stouter in form than 



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