Genus Thecla 
Butterfly.— Dark brown, glossed at the base of the wings and 
on the inner margin of the secondaries with blue. The under 
side is well delineated in the plate. Expanse, i.oo inch. 
Early Stages.— These await description. 
Cecrops is common in the Southern States, and has been 
taken as far north as West Virginia, Kentucky, and southern 
Indiana. 
(26) Thecla clytie, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 6, ? (Clytie). 
Butterfly. — Blue above, with the apical two thirds of the fore 
wings black. The wings on the under side are white, with the 
usual marginal and transverse markings quite small and faint. 
Expanse, .90 inch. 
Early Stages.— Unknown. 
Habitat, Texas and Arizona. 
(27) Thecla ines, Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 35, $ (Ines). 
Butterfly.—Much like the preceding species, but smaller, with 
the secondaries marked with blackish on the costa. On the 
under side the wings are slaty-gray, with numerous fine lines 
and a broad median dark shade on the hind wings, running from 
the costa to the middle of the wing. Expanse, .75 inch. 
Early Stages. — Unknown. 
Ines is found in Arizona. 
(28) Thecla behri, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 4, $ ; Fig. 5, 
£ , under side (Behr’s Hair-streak). 
Butterfly. — Both sides are well displayed in the plate, and 
therefore need no particular description. Expanse, 1.10 inch. 
Early Stages. — Unknown. 
This species is found in northern California and Oregon, and 
eastward to Colorado. 
(29) Thecla augustus, Kirby, Plate XXX, Fig. 15, $ (The 
Brown Elfin). 
Butterfly. — Brown on the upper side; paler on the under side. 
The fore wings are marked by a straight incomplete median 
band, and the hind wings by an irregularly curved median band 
or line. Back of these lines toward the base both wings are 
darker brown. Expanse, .90 inch. 
Early Stages. —These are not well known. Henry Edwards 
describes the caterpillar as “ carmine-red, covered with very short 
hair, each segment involute above, with deep double foveae." 
The chrysalis is described by the same observer as being “ pitchy- 
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