268 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



head-case rounded. The body is dark reddish brown, 

 with black markings, and thickly covered with fine 

 hairs. The anterior segments have many black patches 

 on them, and there is a dark ventral line from joint 

 6 to joint 12. 



Atlantic States, Mississippi Valley, Montana, Colo- 

 rado. 



106. THECLA SMILACIS, Bd. Lee, 



Expanse of wings 1.1 inches. 



The upper surface dark brown ; the middle area of 

 both wings, except a broad costal border, ochraceous 

 between the veins. Hind wings with two slender tails, 

 black tipped with white. 



Under side yellowish green, sprinkled with brown 

 scales, the end of the cell and along hind margin of fore 

 wings, and the middle portion of the outer fourth of hind 

 wings, washed with brown having a violet tinge. On 

 the hind wings a curving white bar at the end of the cell, 

 and a straight subcostal bar shaded outside with ferru- 

 ginous brown. Beyond the cell a prominent white line, 

 sinuous on the hind wings, heavily shaded internally 

 with ferruginous brown. Edge of wings white ; on the 

 hind wings between this and the white line, from the 

 inner margin towards the apex, is a series of five brown- 

 black spots slightly edged internally with white, the first 

 and third supplemented by two others nearer the margin. 

 Between these spots and the edge the space is covered 

 with a mixture of white, black, and brown scales. End 

 of veins black. 



It is said that the larva of this species is green, with 

 the head and feet blackish. It has four rows of red spots, 



