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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 westaward across the Mississippi Valley as far as the Rocky Mountains.