132 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



above which are two round black spots, above that, between the two 

 tails, is a reddish orange crescent, on either side of which are two bkiish 

 spots, below the innermost of which is a second orange spot. Beneath, 

 silvery brown, with a band on outer third of both wings, white, not quite 

 crossing fore wing, and black-lined inwardly. The white line becomes 

 double near inner angle of hind wings, and forms a rude W, black-lined 

 below. Fig; 40, a. It is interrupted over the space between tlie tails by 

 an orange spot, which extendsinto a point towards the upper margin; 

 The inner angle is a second orange spot and both have a black spot below 

 them. Beneath this, a blue patch spotted with black. There are indi- 

 cations of a second band of blackish between the common band and the 

 margin. Expands 1 .00 to 1 . 30. Habitat, South Carolina, and the Gulf 

 States. . 



331. THECLA AUTOLYCUS Edw. 

 Texas Streaked Butterfly. 

 Tails, trao. Brown above, Avith a large patch of ochraceous in out- 

 er half of fore wings, sometimes extending quite across the wing. Hind 

 wings with a spot of same between the tails, with a small spot of orange 

 on inner angle, and there is usually a black spot between the tails. Be- 

 neath, silvery brown, with two more or less broken lines of white on 

 both wings, edged with black. The inner line of hind Avings forms a 

 shallow W. There is a series of orange crescents outside the black and 

 white hne, and a black spot between the tails, also one at inner angle, 

 the space between them being blue. Expands l.O-j to 1.10. Found in 

 Texas and Missouri. 



332. THECLA HUMULI Harr. 



Gray II air-streak. 

 Size, medium. Tails, two. Dark slaty T)lue above. Sex marks, 

 dusky patches. Fringes, Avhite. On outer b jrder of hind Avings is a 

 black line, above it is a white line, extending from inner angle to middle 

 ofwino-. Above this, two black spots, the one between tails with an 

 orange crescent over it. and on either side of the crescent are tAvo Avhite 

 spots, one behind the other. On inner angle, is a small orange spot. 

 Pale slaty blue beneath ; partly crossing fore Aving. and AvhoUy crossing 

 hind Avin*'", is a Avhite line, black edged Avithin; on hind Aving this line 

 f jrms a rude W over tails. Fig. 40, a. On fore Avings, nearer margin a 

 dusky line and on hind pair a line of black spots, Avhite edged outAvardly 

 and inAvardly. BetAvcen tails, and on inner angle, are two black spots, 

 surmounted by a reddish spot. INIarginal line, repeated. Expands 1.15. 



