NO. 7 THE GOLD-BANDED SKIPPER CLARK 45 



The posterior legs terminate i mm before the tip of the antennae, 

 or at about the middle of the second abdominal segment. 



The fore legs end 3 mm in advance of the hind legs. 



The moveable abdominal segments are encircled just within the 

 anterior end by a low, narrow, inconspicuous elevated band. 



The cremaster is 2 mm long, slender and recurved, and bears on 

 the truncate tip numerous slender light brown spines with the tips 

 curved in varying degrees, sometimes in a spiral. 



Except on the third and following abdominal segments, on the 

 glazed eye, and sometimes on the antennae, the pupa is rather con- 

 spicuously sculptured. 



On the mesothorax the sculpture is relatively inconspicuous, con- 

 sisting of numerous more or less regular, fine transverse grooves and a 

 fine median line. 



On the outer thirds of the metathorax the sculpture consists of fine 

 irregular diagonal grooves ; the middle third is more coarsely 

 sculptured. 



On the first two abdominal segments the sculpture consists of fine, 

 irregular transverse lines. 



The prothorax is rather deeply sculptured with irregular deep 

 transverse grooves in the two central quarters and laterally directed 

 chevron-shaped grooves in the lateral quarters. Along the posterior 

 border of the prothorax between the prothoracic spiracles there is a 

 sharp tubercle about midway between the spiracle and the median line 

 with usually one smaller one between it and the median line and two 

 smaller ones between it and the spiracle. 



The portion of the head between the epicranial suture and the 

 prothorax is marked by a low triangle with its base on the epicranial 

 suture, behind which are two wedges with their small ends joined in 

 the median line. These latter bear fine longitudinal lines that toward 

 the broader outer ends become chevron-shaped, with the angles directed 

 inward ; the outermost chevron has a few short transverse lines be- 

 tween it and the outer end of the segment. The rest of the head, except 

 for the smooth glazed eye, is finely rugose with more or less wavy 

 lines. 



The ventral surface, except for the abdominal segments, is finely 

 sculptured with mostly transverse lines. The antennae may be finely 

 sculptured with irregular transverse lines, or may be quite smooth, 

 showing only the segmentation. 



The pupa is studded with long curved hairs which are most numer- 

 ous about the head and on the dorsal portion of the thorax, becoming 

 shorter, finer, and more scattered on the abdomen. On the head the 



