Genus Lerema 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The insect is found in southern California. 



Genus LEREMA, Scudder 



Butterfly. — The antennas are as in the preceding genus; the 

 palpi have the third joint erect, short, conical. The neuration is 

 represented in the cut. The male has a linear glandular streak 

 on the upper side of the fore wing. 



Egg. — Hemispherical, covered with more or 

 less regularly pentagonal cells. 



Caterpillar.- — The caterpillar feeds upon 

 grasses. The body is slender, tapering forward 

 and backward; the head is small. 



Chrysalis. — The chrysalis is slender, smooth, 

 with a tapering conical projection at the head, 

 and the tongue-case long and free, reaching al- 

 most to the end of the abdomen. 

 Fig. 180.— Neu- (i) Lerema accius, Smith and Abbot, Plate 



ration of the genus XLVIII, Fig. 8, $ ; Plate VI, Fig. 46, chrysalis 

 Lerema, enlarged. (Acdus) 



Butterfly. — The male on the upper side is dark blackish-brown, 

 with three small subapical spots, and one small spot below these, 

 near the origin of the third median nervule. The female is ex- 

 actly like the male, except that it has two spots, the larger one 

 being placed below the small spot corresponding to the one on 

 the fore wing of the male. The wings on the under side are 

 dark fuscous, somewhat clouded with darker brown, the spots 

 of the upper side reappearing on the under side. Expanse, $ , 

 1.40 inch; ? , 1.50 inch. 



Early Stages. — Very little has been written upon the early 

 stages. 



The butterfly ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida, 

 thence westward to Texas, and along the Gulf coast in Mexico. 



(2) Lerema hianna, Scudder, Plate XLVI, Fig. 9, $ ; Fig. 10, 

 ? (The Dusted Skipper). 



Butterfly. — The upper side is accurately represented in the 

 plate. The wings on the lower side are as on the upper side, a 

 trifle paler and somewhat grayer on the outer margin. Expanse, 

 $ , 1. 15 inch; $ , 1.25 inch. 



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