NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 139 



348. TIIECLA TETRA Beiir. 



Tetra IIair-streak. 

 Size, medium. One tail. Upper side, pale bro^vn, and there is an 

 orange spot near inner angle. Paler, beneath, both wings have a cen" 

 tral row of whitish crescents. On hind wing, in addition to this, is a 

 sub-marginal row of small black crescents, edged inwardly with a few 

 scales of whitish; the one preceding the tail, rests on an orange patch, 

 and the second from the angle upon a faint blue patch. Expands 1.20. 

 Found in California. 



349. THECLA CHALCIS Behr. 

 Chestnut Hair-streak. 



Size, medium. One tail. Bright reddish brown above. Reddish 

 brown beneath, grayish next base. Both wings have a sub-marginal 

 row of very pale dots, the three next to the inner angle being the clear- 

 est, the first from angle surmounting a faint gray space. Across the 

 center of wing is a row of faint brown spots, indistinctly edged with 

 whitish. Expands 1.20. Found in California and Utah. 



3oO. THECLA SAEPIUxM Bd. 



Sepia Hair-streak. 



Reddish brown above, unspotted. Brown beneath, paler on outer 

 portion of wings, with a narrow, white wavy line crossing wings; outside 

 this, is a })alerline, blending near inner angle of hind wing with a gray- 

 ish blue patch, which is preceded by a small black crescent. Expands 

 1.25. Found in California, Washington, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. 



3oOa. Tiiecla saepium fulvescens H. Edw. Smaller than typ- 

 ical T. saepium, and paler in color, being golden brown instead of chest- 

 nut, with fringes white. Fainter in color beneath, with markings less 

 prominent, and with the sub-marginal band always more distinctly edged 

 with white. 



351. THECLA PUTNAMI H. Edw. 

 Putnam's Butterfly. 

 Size, medium. Tails, two. Pale yellowish brown above, darker 

 on upper margin and at base of both wings, with a series of four indis- 

 tinct black crescents, edged beneath with white. Spot at inner angle 

 orange, tinged with golden yellow. Grayish white beneath. Fore wings 

 witli a black crescent in central cell, and six white-ringed black spots in 

 center of wing. Near hmer angle are four ftiint black spots. Hind 

 wings with a black crescent in central cell, and seven white-ringed black 



