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brown, the fore wings so broadly as to be almost wholly brown ; 

 male with no discal dash. Under surface golden tawny, all but 

 the broad costal and outer margins of fore wings blackish fuligi- 

 nous. Expanse about 1 inch. 



Caterpillar. — Head blackish brown. Body naked, pale green- 

 ish yellow, dotted with fuscous, the thoracic shield brownish 

 fuscous (immature ; full grown caterpillar unknown). 



Chrysalis. — Reddish ash color, minutely sprinkled with brown 

 dots, the tongue-case reaching the base of the tail-piece. 



Known from all but the northernmost portions of our 

 district, northern New England and the Eastern Provinces; 

 it occurs in the vicinity of running water and in marshy 

 meadows and flies in a lancruid leisurelv manner close to 

 the ground. It is triple-brooded and passes the winter 

 either as a mature caterpillar or as a chrysalis; probably 

 the latter. The butterflies come early in June and disap- 

 pear before the end of the month; again late in July, dis- 

 appearing by the middle of August or soon after it; and 

 once more in the last week of xlugust, flying nearly to the 

 end of September. The eggs, which are low hemispheri- 

 cal, smooth and shining yellow, afterward orange-red, are 

 laid singly and hatchi in from five to ten days according to 

 the season. The caterpillar feeds upon common grasses, 

 probably in nature upon some semiaquatic species; when 

 first hatched it makes a nest in a blade of grass by pulling 

 the edges partially together with five or ten strong strands 

 of silk, broadest at their bases, and lives behind the strands; 

 later it fills in the interstices with a finer web. The 

 chrysalis state in summer lasts in Georgia about ten days. 



55. Genus Atrytone. 



ATRYTONE ZABULON— THE MORMON. 



(Pamphila zabulon, Hesperia hobomok, Hesperia pocahontas.) 



Butterfly. — Upper surface of wings blackish brown, heavily 

 marked centrally with tawny, forming on the hind wings a large, 

 central, more or less angular patch, on the fore wings a number 



