PL. CXXVIU 



* - easily be recognized from our figure. Expanse 3.00-.- 



inches. 



It is found in the extreme southern part of Florida and on 



the adjoining reefs. It also has a wide range through the 



Antilles, Mexico, and Central America. 



FAMILY HESPERIID.E (THE SKIPPERS) 



Generally quite small butterflies, with stout thorax. Both 

 sexes have six feet adapted to walking. Tibiae of hind legs, 

 with few exceptions, have spurs. Lower radial of hind wing 

 in many genera wanting, being represented by a fold in the 

 wing. Eggs hemispherical, flat on base. Larvce cylindrical 

 tapering from the middle before and behind, with large globular 

 heads, smooth. Chrysalids generally formed on the ground or 

 among leaves and rubbish lightly tacked together with a few 

 strands of silk, in which the cremaster is caught. 



A large family, most numerously represented in the tropics 

 of both the Old and New Worlds. About three thousand 

 species are known, of which over one hundred occur within our 

 limits. 



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