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of the Eastern United States and Canada.'' The entire appearance 

 of the insect from the hirval stage to the adult is indicative of its 

 tropical origin, and it is still someAvhat restricted to the South. There 

 is a possibility, however, that it might gradually extend its present 

 distribution if it could obtain a footing in greenhouses where cannas 

 are grown. 



DESCRIPTIVE. 



The hutter-fiy. — The parent of this singular leaf -roller is a butterfly 

 belonging to the subfamily Pamphilinse of the family Hesperiidse, or 

 skippers. It is one of the larger skippers, with a Aving expanse of 

 between 1 and 1^ inches. The head is very broad, with large eyes, 

 and the body is thick and heavy. The upper surface of the head, 



Fig. 18. — Calpodes ethlius: a, butterfly; h, larva; c, pupa, front view 

 view — ail eniareed (originai). 



/, pupa, side 



thorax, and a portion of the abdomen is thickly covered with long 

 olive hairs. The wings are dark brown, with white semitransparent 

 spots, arranged as in figure 18, w^hich also shows the location of the 

 masses of yellowish hairs, the contour of the Avings, and structure of 

 the antenna?. The lower surface of the Avings is much paler brown, 

 or fulvous, and more nearly uniform in color. The head and body 

 are still paler yelloAvish. The adult is sometimes called the Brazilian 

 skipper. 



The egg is illustrated by Scudder. It is subhemispherical in out- 

 line, as viewed from the side, and has a convex base, while the surface 

 is very irregularly reticulated, in most cases pentagonally. The broad- 

 est diamter is 1.25 mm.; height about 0.7 mm. Eggs liaA^e not been 



a Vol. II, pp. 1750-1757, 1889. 



