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The Long-Tailed Skipper (Eudamus proteus Eu'da-mus)

Eudamus proteus (Eu'da-mus pro'te-us) PLATE XLIV, FIG. I This skipper by the shape of its wings reminds one of a swallow-tail butterfly, the hind wings being furnished with long tails. It expands about one and three-fourths inches, and the greatest length of the hind wings is about one and one-fourth inches. The wings are very dark chocolate. brown; the front wings contain several silvery-white spots; and the body and base of the wings bear metallic-green hairs. The larvæ feed upon both Leguminosæ and Cruciferæ. In the South it is sometimes a pest in gardens, cutting and rolling the leaves of beans, turnips, and cabbage, and feeding within the rolls thus formed. It is found on the At.. lantic border from New York southward into Mexico.