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FAMILY SKIPPERS. 



TRIBE LARGER SKIPPERS. 



49. Genus Epargyreus. 



EPARGYREUS TITYRUS— THE SILVER SPOTTED HESPERID. 



(Eadamus tityriis, Goniloba tityrus, Thymele tityrus.) 



Butterfly. — Upper surface of wings dark chocolate-brown, the 

 fore wings with a belt of four large, contiguous, gleaming, amber- 

 yellow spots, with another smaller one outside of them, and three 

 little fenestrate white spots, one below^ the other next the costal 

 border a little before the tip. Under surface blackish brown, 

 with a faint gray bloom next the outer margins, the markings of 

 the fore wings repeated, and across the middle of the hind wings, 

 but not reaching either border, a very large unequal silvery 

 white patch. Expanse 2-2^ inches. 



Caterpillar. — Head ferruginous with a large orange spot at 

 base of mandibles. Body naked, briefly pilose, greenish yellow, 

 marked with transverse lines, blotches, and dots of grassy green, 

 the lines encircling the body above, the blotches abundant at the 

 sides, and the dots at the anterior edge of each segment ; first 

 thoracic segment orange-red with brown shield. Length nearly 

 \^ inches. 



Chrysalis. — Very stout and plump, the abdomen (exclusive of 

 tail-piece) no longer than the rest of the body ; prothoracic 

 spiracle with posterior lip flat ; tongue-case not extending beyond 

 the w'ings ; dark brown, marked with blackish and testaceous. 

 Length nearly 1 inch. 



This butterfly is found throughout all of our district 

 except the northernmost portions and the eastern provinces; 

 it is found about gardens and has a dashing impetuous 

 flight, starting and stopping abruptl}^ being perhaps our 

 most robust and vigorous butterfl3\ It winters in the 

 chrysalis and is single-brooded, although there are two 



