206 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



310. Thecla Dryope. Xot elsewhere illustrated. 

 Pl-\te XXVII; Figures 310, b, c. 



Fig. 310, Male, Greenhorn Mountains, 7,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, 1888; Author, 



b, Female, San Bernardino Mts., May 24, 1895 > 



Author. 



c, Female, underside, San Bernardino Mts., June 22, 



1896; Author. 

 Dr}-ope is a very peculiarly colored Thecla, being somewhat of 

 a pale mouse-color, with the disks of all wings paled, or in the 

 female, flushed as well as paled : on under side all wings are 

 chalky-white, with an anal lunule, as well shown on the plate. 

 Dn,-ope is a very rare species, and it is quite a feat to capture one 

 of them, not that they are war\-, but that you may walk a thou- 

 sand miles without seeing one to tn- your net at. 



311. Thecla Tacita. 



Pl.\te XXVII ; Figures 311, b, c. 



Fig. 311, Male, Lake Count)-, Cal., June, 1894: Author. 



b. Female, Greenhorn ]Mountains, June, 1888; 



Author. 



c. Female, underside, Greenhorn Mountains, June, 



1888: Author. 

 Tacita is aUied to Dr\ope, being smaller, and darker in color, 

 but the flushings on the wings are at the inner angles, and not on 

 the disks, as in Dr\-ope. The figures give a good illustration of 

 the species better than many words could do. Tacita is a moun- 

 tain flyer, ven." widely scattered, and not plentj- at any place. 



313. Thecla Auretorum. 

 Xo figure. 



This is one of the few Califomian butterflies which I know 

 nothing about. It has never been figured, and the literature about 

 it is scant\\ Apparently little is known about it. 



314. Thecla Gnmus. 



Plate XX\"II ; Figures 314, a. 



Fig. 314, Female, San Bernardino ]\Its., 3,000 feet alti- 

 tude, June. 1886: Author, 

 a, Male, underside, Sisson, Cal., July, 1892 ; Author. 

 Grunus is the third, and the palest of the group to which it be- 

 longs, the other tw^o being Drvope and Tacita : I have grouped 



