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Coral Hair-streak
Butterfly.--Uniformly gray-brown on the upper side. Some specimens of the female have a few red spots at the anal angle of the hind wing. On the under side the wings are colored as on the upper side; but the hind wings have a conspicuous submarginal band of coral-red spots on their outer third. Expanse, 1.30 inch.
Early Stages.--These have been well described by several authors. The fullest account is given by Scudder. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the wild cherry and the wild plum.
The insect occurs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Maine to Georgia. It is not very common. There are some ten or more other species of this genus found in our fauna, but the species figured in our plates will suffice to give a good idea of the genus.