Early Stages.—What little we know of these is based mainly upon the observations of Abbot, and there is an opportunity here for some young naturalist to render a good service to science by rearing the insect through all stages from the egg. The habits of the larva are not greatly different from those of allied species.
A. cellus is found in the Virginias, and thence southward and westward to Arizona and Mexico. It is common in the Carolinas.
Genus HESPERIA, Fabricius
Butterfly.—The antennæ are relatively short; the club is stout and blunt at the tip. The palpi are bent upward, with the third joint buried in the scales covering the second joint. The hind wing is usually evenly rounded. In all the American species the male is provided with a costal fold. The neuration is represented in the cut.
Egg.—Hemispherical, ribbed.
Caterpillar.—The caterpillar is much like those which have been previously described, but is relatively much smaller.
Chrysalis.—The chrysalis has a somewhat blunt and not very distinctly developed cremaster.
(1) Hesperia domicella, Erichson, Plate XLVII, Fig. 19, ♂ (Erichson's Skipper).
Butterfly.—Allied to the following species, from which it is easily discriminated by the broad, solid white bands on both the fore and the hind wings. Expanse, 1.25 inch.