GENUS THECLA 200 



324. Thecla Adenostomatis. 



Plate XXVII ; Figures 324, b. 



Fig. 324, ]\Iale, Central California, no data. 



b, Female, underside, Central California, no data. 

 On upper side this butterfly is very much like the preceding, 

 being plain mouse-color, and without any marks for identification ; 

 but, like many others, the under side is different, having a thin, 

 hoary whiteness overspread, and the median band is apparent as 

 a thin white line, merely, across both wings, together with some 

 small marks at anal angle of hind wing. 



326. Thecla Clytie. 



No figure. 

 Qytie is now thought to be the same as Ines. The differences, if 

 any, are that Clytie is a little larger in size, and the blue of hind 

 wing extends over the hind part of the fore wing. 



327. Thecla Ines. 



Plate XXVIII ; Figures 327, b, c. 



Fig. 327, Male, Santa Rita Mts., Arizona, Oct., 1892; 

 F. Stephens. 



b, Female, Santa Rita Mts., Arizona, Oct., 1892; 



F. Stephens. 



c, Female, underside. Southern California, Oct., 



1903 ; Author. 

 This beautiful little Thecla comes from Arizona and from that 

 part of California adjoining. It is very rare, and not often found 

 in collections, perhaps because of its habit of appearing in the 

 autumn rather than in the spring, as is usual with most butterflies. 

 In Arizona they have summer rains, which cause the plants to 

 enjoy a sort of second spring, and that would seem to offer a sort 

 of reason for the fall appearance of this butterfly, but in California, 

 adjoining, there is no summer rain, and yet Ines comes out at the 

 same time as in Arizona. 



328. Thecla Avalona, n. s. Not illustrated elsewhere. 

 Plate XXVIII ; Figures 328, b, c. 



Fig. 328, Male, Catalina Island, summer of 1885 ; F. 

 Stephens. 



b. Female, Catalina Island, summer of 1885; F. 



Stephens. 



c, Male, underside, Catalina Island, summer of 



1885 ; F. Stephens. 



