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328. TIIECLA IIALESUS Cram. 

 Blue IIair-streak. 



Size, large. INIale, tails, two. Above, bright glossy black on outer 

 fourth of both wings, excepting toward inner angle of hind pair, where 

 the border becomes narrower, and there is a black border along lower 

 margin. Sex mark, black. Hind wings with tails black, before the lar- 

 ger is a blue crescent, with a smaller one on either side. Beneath, black- 

 ish brown, Avith a red spot at base of fore wings, and two more at base 

 of hind pair, and the fore wmgs have a dash of blue along central vein. 

 Hind wings, have the blue crescents repeated, with three others before 

 them in a black field. Female has about half the wings dull black above 

 and lacks the blue on under side of fore wings. Expands, 1.40 to 1 .GO. 

 Habit:\t. Gulf States, Illinois. Nevada, California, and Arizona. 



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a, upper side, fore wing, Ohionobas uhleri; b, same, Libythea carinenta: same, Lemouias nais; 

 C, same, L. palmerl : e, lower side, hint! wing, Theclafavonius. 



329. THECEA M-ALBUM Bd-Lec. 



White M Hair-streak. 



Size, large. Tails, two. Above rich, glossy, violet blue, quite 

 broadly bordered outer on margin, more narrowly on upper, with black. 

 On hind wings above tails, is a reddish orange spot, preceded by white 

 at inner angle. Beneath, brownish gray ; on fore wings is a single white 

 line on outer third, bent inward on the second branch of middle vein. 

 This line is continued across the hind wing and forms a rude W over 

 the tails. Between this and the margin is a seconf white cred line os- 

 cents, the whole edged outwardly with black, broken above the first tail 

 by an orange patch which extends inward to the first line. Outer mar- 

 gin of wing white, with a large blue patch before second tail. Tails 

 black, white tipped. Expands 1.30 to 1.40. Habitat, Gulf States, Vir- 

 ginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. 



330. THECLA FAVONIUS Sm-Abb. 



Southern IIair-streak. 

 Dark brown, above, sex mark blackish. On outer margin of hind 

 wings near inner angle, is a bluish line, above a narrow Ijlack border, 



