Genus Lerodea 



Caterpillar. — Cylindrical, slender, tapering forward and back- 

 ward from the ninth segment, rapidly diminishing in size poste- 

 riorly; the head relatively small, the neck not much strangulated; 

 spiracles surrounded by radiating blackish bristles. 



Chrysalis. — The chrysalis is relatively slender, gently convex 

 both on the ventral and dorsal aspects, with a curved delicate 

 frontal tubercle. The tongue-case is long and projects for a con- 

 siderable distance beyond the somewhat short cremaster. 



(i) Calpodes ethlius, Cramer, Plate XLV, Fig. 3, ? ; Plate 

 VI, Fig. 48, chrysalis (The Brazilian Skipper). 



Butterfly. — There can be no mistaking this robust and thick- 

 bodied species. The wings on the under side are dull olive, 

 blackish at the base of the primaries, with all the spots of the 

 upper side repeated. Expanse, 2.00-2.15 inches. 



Early Stages. — The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the canna. 



It is common in the Gulf States, and ranges north to South 

 Carolina. A stray specimen was once taken at West Farms, New 

 York. Southward it ranges everywhere through the Antilles to 

 Argentina, in South America. 



Genus LERODEA, Scudder 



Butterfly.— The antennae are about half as long as the costa; 

 the club is robust, slightly elongated, with a distinct crook at the 

 extremity; the palpi have the third joint erect, minute, and bluntly 

 conical. The neuration is represented in the cut. 



Early Stages.— These are not known. 

 (1) Lerodea eufala, Edwards, Plate XLVI, 

 Fig. 33, ? (Eufala). 



Butterfly.— The plate shows the upper side 

 of the female. The male is not different, ex- 

 cept that the fore wings are a little more pointed 

 at the apex. The under side is like the upper 

 side, but a shade paler. The lower side of the 

 abdomen is whitish. When seen on the wing 

 the creature looks like a small Prenes ocola. 

 Expanse, 1.10-1.20 inch. 

 Fig i73.-Neura- Earl st _ Unknown, 

 tion of the genus Le- J ° 



rodea, enlarged. This butterfly is found in the Gulf States. 



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