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line, faintly noliceablo, also, on the fori' win^s; frlii{,'rs dark. A darkor 

 linear sliade on the cross-vein of secondaries, perceivable within the mesial 

 band. 



Length of fore wing, along the costa, 11 m. ni. Breadth, from apex to internal 

 angle, 7 ni. m. Length of internal margin, 1 ni. m. Total length of hody, 

 9 m. m. 



This pretty little species was taken by Mr. Ottomar Reinecke, 

 near Aurora, about 17 miles southward from Buffalo, on the Buf- 

 falo, New York and Philadelpliia Railroad. The locality presents 

 a succession of hilly eminences, covered by a moderate groAvth of 

 hemlock, mixed Avith deciduous trees. The specimen Avas taken on 

 the loth of July. On the same occasion Argus Eurydice Avas quite 

 abundant. Mr. EdAvards, in his synopsis of North American But- 

 terflies, enumerates 39 species under the genus Thecla, of Avhicli 

 number, 15 arc from California, 1 from Utali {rrfjinis), and 1 from 

 Nevada [q/gnns) : a single species {halesus) enjoys a range from 

 Florida to California, Avhilc another {mopsus) is found from New 

 England to Colorado Territory. Mr. S. H. Scudder records 12 spe- 

 cies, from New England, under G genera. It is probable that Cal- 

 licista ocellifera Avill be in future added to the list, as its range is 

 not likely to be confined to this region of country. Our butterfly 

 is remarkable for its resemblance to Everes on the under surface of 

 the secondaries, but here there is but one marginal black spot and 

 superposed broad orange luuiform shade, while in Everes there is a 

 succeeding one, here absent, a fcAV black scales on the succeeding 

 interspace indicating its position. On this account, also, it resem- 

 bles Lampides Balliston, Hubner, fig. 229-230, from Georgia. It is 

 a much smaller and narroAver insect, hoAvever; on the underside 

 the two prominent ocellate spots at base of secondaries are not 

 indicated by Iliibner, Avho represents a single larger ocellus on 

 internal margin, wanting in ocellifera. On the primaries there are 

 double discal streaks, and the black spots accompanying the inner 

 even transverse bands on Ijoth Avings are Avanting, in BalUston. On 

 the primaries the transv^erse lines are much less complete and much 

 more croAvded on to the external margin, having a very ditferent 

 position, in Callicista ocellifera. Iliibner's species is not catalogued 

 by Mr. Edwards. The European L. Boetiens may be considered 

 the type of Lam})ides. 



