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of the Eastern United i^tates and Canada." The entire appearance 

 of the insect from the hirval stage to the adult is indicative of its 

 tropical origin, and it is still somewhat restricted to the South. There 

 is a possibility, however, that it might gradually extend its present 

 distribution if it could obtain a footing in greenhouses Avhere cannas 

 are grown. 



DESCR1PT1^ E. 



The Ijutterfy. — The parent of this singular leaf-roller is a butterfly 

 belonging to the subfamily Pamphilina^ of the family Hesperiida^, or 

 skippers. It is one of the larger skippers, witli a wing expanse of 

 between 1 and \\ inches. The head is very broad, with large e3^es, 

 and the body is thick and heavy. The upper surface of the head. 



Fig. 18. — Calvodes eihlius: a, buttertly ; h, larva; c, pupa, front view; d, pupa, side 

 view — all enlarged (original). 



thorax, and a portion of the abdomen is thickly covered with long 

 olive hairs. The wings are dark brown, with wdiite semitransparent 

 spots, arranged as in figure 18, which also shows the location of the 

 masses of yellowish hairs, the contour of the wings, and structure of 

 the antennae. The lower surface of the wings is much paler brown, 

 or fulvous, and more nearly uniform in color. The head and body 

 are still paler yellowish. The adult is sometimes called the Brazilian 

 skipper. 



The egg is illustrated by Scudder. It is subhemispherical in out- 

 line, as viewed from the side, and has a convex base, while the surface 

 is very irregularly reticulated, in most cases pentagonally. The broad- 

 est diameter is 1.25 mm.: height about 0.7 mm. Eggs have not been 



a Vol. II, pp. 1750-1757, 1889. 



