THEOLA II. 



white and black ; palpi white tipped with black ; antennse annulated white and 

 black ; club black tijijied with I'crrugiuous. 



From a single specimen taken by Mr. E. B. Reed, at Port Stanley, Ontario, in 

 July, 1868. 



This species is allied to T. humuU, Harris, (Jn/prrici, Bois. and Lee), but dif- 

 fers in several respects ; especially in the color of under surface, in the absence of 

 a fulvous border to the discal lines in each wing, in the conspicious blue patch and 

 red and black submarginal crescents ; humuli also is double-tailed, the shorter of 

 the two, being twice as long as the tail of the present species. 



THECLA STEIGOSA. 3—6. 



Theda sirigosa, Harris, Ins. 3Iass. 



Male. Exjiands 1.1 inch. 



Ujij^er side fuscous, without spots ; secondaries have two tails, the inner one 

 twice the length of the other, each bordered and tipj^ed with white ; fringes fuscous, 

 on secondaries crossed by a whitish line. 



Under side pale brown ; the outer limbs of both wings crossed by four irregu- 

 lar, rather wavy white lines, varying a little in individuals, but of which the two in- 

 ner ones on primaries aj^proximate posteriorly ; the third being shorter than the sec- 

 ond and the fourth or outer one reaching only to middle of wing ; on secondaries 

 the inner line extends nearly across, then bending at a small angle runs some way 

 up abdominal margin, preceded in the last j^art of its course by another line near- 

 ly })arallel to it; above the termination of these two a circlet of white on the marg- 

 in ; the outer line is short and limited to the middle of the wing ; primaries have a 

 submarginal row of indistinct brown lunules edged anteriorly by white ; secondaries 

 have a similar series, but posteriorly large, bright red, edged above with black which 

 itself is edged with white, enclosing next anal angle a large black space nearly cov- 

 ered with blue scales ; beyond this a small black spot ; another at the angle sur- 

 mounted by a red stripe edged like the lunules and extending up the margin ; the 

 lunules next outer angle usually exhibit a few scales of red ; margins of both wings 

 edged by a fine whitish line. 



Body fuscous, beneath greyish-white ; legs white annulated with brown ; palpi 

 white, the upper joint black tip2)ed with white ; antennje annulated black and white; 

 club fuscous tipped with white. 



Female. Expands 1.2 inch. 



Paler than male ; in some cases showing a fulvous sjiot near anal angle of sec- 

 ondaries ; the wavy line edged anteriorly by dark brown. 



