13G NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



There is a large blue field between the black spot and the tail, next this 

 is a black dot, on which rests a red crescent, and beside this is another 

 smaller spot and crescent of the same color. Expands 1.12 to 1.43, 

 Habitat, Atlantic and Western States. Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, 

 Ontario and Quebec. Occurs in July in the north. 



341. TIIECLA ONTARIO Edw. 

 Ontario IIair-streak. 



Size, medium. There is one tail. Dusky brown above, oval sex 

 mark paler in color. On hind wings, near inner angle is a small, red- 

 dish, crescent-shaped spot, and beneath it are two alternate lines of black 

 and white. Pale brorn beneath, fringed with lighter. On fore wings 

 are two dusky bands, marginal and sub-marginal, inside these is a short- 

 er, zigzag band of white, lined internally with black. On hind wings 

 are two bands, black and white and inside these near middle of wing are 

 two bands, the outer of which is black externally and white internally, 

 and on the inner the reverse is the case. At inner angle is a small black 

 spot above which is a longitudinal red line, next to the dot is a blue spot, 

 reaching to the tail, and above it are two lines of bluish, next to this is 

 black dot, and above it a white crescent, to which is joined a second. 

 Expands 1.10 to 1.15. Habitat, Ontario, New England, and New York. 



342. THECLA STRIGOSA Harr. 



White-bordered Hair-streak. 

 Size, medium. Tails, two, the inner twice as long as the outer. 

 Dark brown above, fringed with whitish, no markings on fore wings ex- 

 cepting oval spot. There is a black spot on inner angle of hind wings 

 that encloses a reddish dot (there are three in the female) and there is 

 a black line above the tails which are also black, white-edged. Reddish 

 brown, beneath, much paler than above, white fringed, and this is fol- 

 lowed on both wings by a dusky line. On fore wings is an indistinct 

 band of dusky, followed by a band of black crescents, white-lined inte- 

 riorly, resting on pale reddish spots externally. Within this, near apex 

 is a short, white and black line, reaching through the central cell, then 

 another black and white line reaching to the lower branch of the middle 

 vein, followed by a white and black one, crossing wing to the lowermost 

 cell, and inside this is an interrupted band, also black and white, thus, 

 counting from the apex of the wing, there are five white and black lines, 

 the outermost of which has the black on the outside, the rest on the in- 

 ner. Hind wings have also five black and white lines. The first has 

 the black outside and crosses the wing, the second reaches through 



