2 THE FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST 
to occur throughout a narrow strip of territory along the Gulf 
and Atlantic coasts as far north as Massachusetts, and another 
along the Mississippi River as far north as southern Illinois. 
It has been found by Mr. Larrimer at Chickasha, Okla., by the 
writer at Chattanooga and Leadvale, Tenn., and Clemson Col- 
lege, S. C., all outside of the above limits and indicating that 
its distribution is more general throughout the Southeastern 
states than Scudder’s map leads one to believe. Like several 
of its close relatives it is probably of tropical origin and habit 
and if so its northern limit fluctuates from year to year with 
the severity of the winter and the conditions favoring northward 
flight during the summer. 
The adult butterfly has a wing expanse of about 33 mm. and 
in color is a dark, warm brown with six more or less rectangular 
white spots on the fore wing of the female (in the male but 
four and these much smaller). Three of the six in the female 
are small and in a close, nearly straight row near the anterior 
margin about two-thirds out from the base of the wing; two 
others, of which the posterior is the larger, lie between this 
group and the hind margin of the wing, and the last at the 
upper edge of the cell. In different individuals the prominence 
of these markings varies considerably but their relative size and 
position are constant. The hind wing is uniform brown above, 
and beneath both fore and hind wings shade to purple along 
the distal margins. The butterfly is a strong flier and has the 
erratic, zig-zag flight characteristics of its family. 
The eggs are laid singly and widely scattered, usually on the 
lower but sometimes on the upper surface of the leaf. Seldom 
is more than one found on a plant and we have never seen two 
on the same leaf. They are white with a pearly luster, sub- 
hemispherical in shape and about two-thirds as high as wide, 
with the basal angle rounded, diameter 1.2 mm., height .8 mm. 
The chorion is finely reticulated. The rounded basal angle serves 
to distinguish this from the otherwise very similar egg of Cal- 
podes ethlius in which the wall joins the base with a sharp right 
angle. 
Since oviposition has never been observed, the exact length 
of the incubation period is not known. Of eleven eggs taken 
in the field at various times, seven hatched in nine days, two 
in six days, and two in five days, indicating that nine days is 
probably the normal period. A day or two after being laid the 
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