798 THE BUTTERFIJKS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Table of tribes, based on the mature caterpillar. 



Head excessively small, not onc-foui-th, sometimes not one-sixth the width of the body ; dorsal 

 shield of first thoracic segment wanting, or else covered with hairs as thickly as the neigh- 

 boring ijarts Lycaenldi. 



Head modorately small, generally at least one-third, sometimes one-half the width of the body; 

 dorsal shield of first thoracic segment distinct and naked or clothed nmch less abundantly 

 with hairs than the neighboring parts. 



Highest portion of body segments lying behind the middle, generally next posterior edge; 

 or if in the middle with the posterior slope more abrupt than the anterior ; head generally 

 smaller than in Chrysuphanidi, capable of being extended two or three times its length 



beyond the body Theclidi. 



Highest portion of body segments at the middle or in front of the middle of the segments, 

 the anterior slope the more abrupt; head generally larger than in Theclidi, not capable of 

 special extension Chrysophanidi. 



Table of tribes, based on the chrysalis. 



Dermal append.ages formed of cylindrical, spiculiferous and pointed or apically stellate hairs. 



Dermal appendages tapering only at the tip, the spicules inclined at a slight angle. WTiole 



body shorter and stouter than in Lycaenidi, the abdomen especially being very short and 



full, rarely more than half as long again as broad Theclidi. 



Dermal appendages tapering throughout or apically stellate, the spicules, when present 

 inclined at a right angle. Whole body longer and slenderer than in Theclidi, the al)domen 

 especially being more elongate, generally nearly twice as long as broad.... Lycaenldi. 

 Dermal appendages short, distinctly fungiform, without spicules Chrysophanidi. 



Table of tribes, based on the imago. 



Third superior subcostal nervule of fore wings simple; under surface of hind wings generally 



with continuous or subcontinuous markings Theclidi. 



Third suiierior subcostal nervule of fore wings forked; under surface of hind wings generally 

 with discontinuous, though ranged markings. 

 Stouter bodied, with colors of upper surface usually more or less violet; spines on under 

 side of tarsi comparatively few and ranged in pretty regular series ; clasps tapering, 



apically pointed Lycaenldi. 



Slenderer bodied, with colors of upper surface more or less coppery ; spines on under side 

 of tarsi numerous and clustered irregularly at the sides; clasps subequal, apically 

 rounded Chrysophanidi. 



TRIBE THECLIDI. 



HAIRSTRBAKS. 



Papiliones subeaudati Wiener Verzeichniss. Theclides Kirb.; Theclinae Bull.; Theclidae 

 Ephori Ilerbst. Guen. 



Armati Hiibner. 



Lass ab von mir, und licbe nur 

 Die heiteren Sclimittirlinge, 

 Die da gaukein im Sonneidicht — 

 Lass ab von mir und dem Ungliick. 



Heine.— Xoss ab. 



Imago. Colors dark brown. Club of antennae usually increasing iu size through- 

 out most of its extent, very long and very slender, from two to three times as broad 

 as the stalk (occasionally a little more than that) and from five to eight times longer 

 than broad. Patagia very long and slender, usually four or five times longer than 

 broad ; third superior subcostal nervure of fore wings not forked ; tarsi armed beneath 

 with an irregular mass of spines on either side ; fore tarsi of the male armed at tip 

 with a pair of spines, only slightly larger and more curved than the others; parony- 



