Egg.—Hemispherical, marked with lozenge-shaped cells; yellow when laid, later marked with orange-red patches.
Caterpillar.—The entire life-history has not yet been ascertained. The caterpillars live upon marsh grasses; they construct for themselves a nest by drawing together the edges of a blade of grass with bands of silk. In form they do not differ from other hesperid larvæ.
Chrysalis.—Not as yet accurately known.
[a]Fig. 164.]—Neuration of the genus Ancyloxypha.
(1) Ancyloxypha numitor, Fabricius, Plate XLVII, Fig. 2, ♂ (Numitor).
Butterfly.—The upper side is correctly delineated in the plate. On the under side the fore wings are black, margined on the costa and on the outer margin with reddish-fulvous. The hind wings are pale fulvous. Expanse, .75-.95 inch.
Early Stages.—What has been said in reference to these in connection with the description of the genus must suffice for the species.
This pretty little insect is widely distributed, and abounds among grasses about watercourses. It ranges from the province of Quebec to eastern Florida, thence westward across the Mississippi Valley as far as the Rocky Mountains.
Genus COPÆODES, Speyer