Genus Lerema 
Early Stages. —Unknown. 
The insect is found in southern California. 
Fig. 180. —Neu- 
ration of the genus 
Lerema, enlarged. 
Genus LEREMA, Scudder 
Butterfly. —The antennae are as in the preceding genus; the 
palpi have the third joint erect, short, conical. The neuration is 
represented in the cut. The male has a linear glandular streak 
on the upper side of the fore wing. 
Egg. —Hemispherical, covered with more or 
less regularly pentagonal cells. 
Caterpillar. — The caterpillar feeds upon 
grasses. The body is slender, tapering forward 
and backward; the head is small. 
Chrysalis. —The chrysalis is slender, smooth, 
with a tapering conical projection at the head, 
and the tongue-case long and free, reaching al¬ 
most to the end of the abdomen. 
(i) Lerema accius, Smith and Abbot, Plate 
XLVIII, Fig. 8, 6 ; Plate VI, Fig. 46, chrysalis 
(Accius). 
Butterfly. —The male on the upper side is dark blackish-brown, 
with three small subapical spots, and one small spot below these, 
near the origin of the third median nervule. The female is ex¬ 
actly like the male, except that it has two spots, the larger one 
being placed below the small spot corresponding to the one on 
the fore wing of the male. The wings on the under side are 
dark fuscous, somewhat clouded with darker brown, the spots 
of the upper side reappearing on the under side. Expanse, $, 
1.40 inch; $ , 1.50 inch. 
Early Stages. —Very little has been written upon the early 
stages. 
The butterfly ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida, 
thence westward to Texas, and along the Gulf coast in Mexico. 
(2) Lerema hianna, Scudder, Plate XLVI, Fig. 9, $ ; Fig. 10, 
$ (The Dusted Skipper). 
Butterfly.-— The upper side is accurately represented in the 
plate. The wings on the lower side are as on the upper side, a 
trifle paler and somewhat grayer on the outer margin. Expanse, 
6 , 1.15 inch; $, 1.25 inch. 
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