[a]Fig. 127.]—Neuration of the genus Calephelis.
Butterfly.—Very small, brown or reddish in color, with metallic spots upon the wings. Head small; eyes naked; antennæ relatively long, slender, with a bluntly rounded club. Palpi very short; the third joint small, pointed. The accompanying cut shows the neuration.
Early Stages.—Entirely unknown.
(1) Calephelis cænius, Linnæus, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 16, ♂ (The Little Metal-mark).
Butterfly.—Very small, reddish-brown on the upper side, brighter red on the under side. On both the upper and under sides the wings are profusely spotted with small steely-blue metallic markings, arranged in more or less regular transverse series, especially on the outer margin. Expanse, .75 inch.
Early Stages.—The life-history is unknown.
Cænius is common in Florida, and ranges thence northward to Virginia and westward to Texas.
(2) Calephelis borealis, Grote and Robinson, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 12, ♂, under side; Fig. 13, ♂ (The Northern Metal-mark).
Butterfly.—Fully twice as large as the preceding species. The wings on the upper side are sooty-brown, spotted with black, and marked by a marginal and submarginal series of small metallic spots. On the under side the wings are light red, spotted with a multitude of small black spots arranged in regular series. The two rows of metallic spots near the margins are repeated more distinctly on this side. Expanse, 1.15 inch.