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CALEPHEL1S Grt. & Rob. 



C. borealis Grt. & Rob. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Newton, VII, 18 

 (Wright); Springdale VII, 10 (Gr). More specimens of this species 

 occurred in 1907 than were ever before taken in the State. 



Family 



These are the blues, coppers and hair-streaks, so named from the colors 

 of the upper surface or the markings of the underside. They are small 

 in size, with slender bodies and somewhat fragile wings. In the male 

 the anterior tarsi are more or less aborted, but in the female they are 

 complete. The caterpillars are often slug-like in form, the chrysalis is 

 somewhat constricted centrally, and is girthed by a silken thread at the 

 middle as well as fastened by the tail. 



THECLA Fab. 



T. halesus Cram. Cape May, Gloucester, Westville (Aaron) ; Newark 

 (Soc); a southern species of very occasional occurrence. The larva 

 on oaks. 



T. m-a!bum Bd. Lee. Atlantic City (Aaron) ; Orange Mts. IV, 28 (Br) ; 

 Lake Hopatcong VII, 5 (Franck) ; also a southern species. The larva 

 on oak and "Astragalus." 



T. favonius 3m. Abb. Anglesea (Sm), IX, 1 (Haim). 



T. m e I i n u s Hbn. Locally, 

 throughout the State, V-IX. 

 Paterson VIII, 3-17 (Gr) ; 

 Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); 

 Staten Island V-IX (Ds) ; 

 Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz) ; 

 Camden VI, 17, IX, 17 (Car- 

 ney) ; 5-mile beach, VII, 

 4-20 (Haim) ; Cape May, IX 

 (Sk). The larva feeds on 

 hop and bean and is two- 

 brooded (Bt). 



Fig. 174. Thecla mehniis; c, adult from above; 



T. acadica W. H. Edw. Hewitt d, same with wings closed showing under 

 VI (Jtl) ; Greenwood Lake surface; a, larva; b, pupa: all some- 



what enlarged; e, egg, greatly en- 

 larged. 



VI (Bt). 

 willow. 



The larva on 



T. edwardsii Saund. Newark VII, 4, abundant (Br) ; Newfoundland VII, 

 3 (Ds); Hewitt VI (Jtl); Jamesburg VII, 4. 



