LYCAENINAE: THECLA LIPAROPS. 881 



Chrysalis (84:28). Dull, iliisky, yellowish brown sometimes with a rciUlisli tinge, 

 pretty eqnally Jotted with brownish fuscous, but most frequently along the inner 

 bonier of the wings or on the abdomen above the spiracles, whore the . . . sometimes 

 form a broad indistinct band; a blackish fuscous dorsal line on the abdomen made 

 up of similar accumulations of dots, and sometimes obscure. The network of 

 Interlacing ridges is darker than the ground color and forms moderately sized cells, 

 covering most of the body but nearly obliterated on the sides, and indeed often 

 scarcely to be noticed but for the little warts which occupy the angles and which 

 are as large as above ; the hairs are very abundant throughout the body and 

 longer than usual, at the extreme front sometimes half as long again as on the back ; 

 they are white, erect or nearly erect, taper at the tip to a delicate point and bear 

 delicate little spicules, nearly equal, sometimes nearly erect, from as long as half the 

 width of the hair to Its whole width, scarcely more than their own length apart. 

 Spiracles luteous with white lips. Length, 9 mm. ; breadth at thorax, 3. .5 mm. ; at 

 abdomen, i.o mm. ; height at thorax, 3.2.5 ram. ; at first abdominal segment, 3 mm. ; 

 at middle of abdomen, 3.75 mm.; length of hairs, .2-. 45 mm. ; diameter of the papil- 

 lae whicli support hairs, .03 mm. ; of the papillae found at the Intersection of the 

 network, .02 mm. 



Distribution (24: 1). This butterfly is widely distributed although 

 nowhere abundant ; a member of both the Allcghanian and Carolinian 

 faiuiiis, it extends from the Atlantic border to Iowa (Parker), eastern 

 Nebraska (Carpenter) and Kansas "rare" (Snow) : and even to Mani- 

 toba (Tyrrell t. Fletcher), Dakota and Montana (Morrison) and eastern 

 Colorado (Snow, Packard) ; soutliward it is recorded from Georgia 

 "very rare" (Abbot) and Coalburgh, W. Va. (Edwards) ; and towards 

 its northern limits from southern Michigan (Harrington), Adirondacks 

 (Hill), Albany and Bethlehem, N. Y. "occurs rarely" (Lintner) ; and 

 beyond our border at London (Saunders), Cameron Lake (Mead) and 

 Ottawa, Ont. (Fletcher) and at Montreal (Saunders). 



It appears to be found throughout New England, although everywhere 

 considered a rare species. In Maine, it has only been taken, as far as I 

 am aware, at Norway (Smith, Yale Coll. Mus.). In New Hampshire it 

 has been reported from Mt. Moriah and Thornton (Faxon) and from 

 Milford "very rare" (Whitney). In Massachusetts it has been found 

 about Boston (Faxon, P. S. and F. H. Sprague, Harris, Minot, Dim- 

 mock), Walpole (Miss Guild), Andover (Treat), Springfield (Emory) 

 and Williamstow^n (Scudder). 



Oviposition. The only egg I have ever seen was one I found on a 

 ghadbusii and had just l)een vacated by its owner, who was found upon a 

 neighboring leaf. It had been laid u[)on the side of a twig, about two 

 inches from the apical l)ud, under tlie lea (65:17), as it were, of one 

 of the old leaf-scai's. It bore a striking resemblance to the gray lenticles 

 scattered over the bark, a resemblance which could hardly fail to be pro- 

 tective. 



Larval food plant and habits. The caterpillar of this butterfly has 

 been found on a great variety of plants. Mr. Saunders has taken it on 



