892 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



September in each of three chrysalids ho expected to liibcrnate : both of 

 these may belong to the same species of Exorista. Besides this the cater- 

 pillar is attacked by a species of Tetrasticlius, T. theclae (89:6) which 

 once came from a chrysalis reared from some larvae sent me by Mr. 

 Saunders ; only males were obtained. 



Desiderata. Is the larva ever found on thorn ? When do the eggs 

 hatcli y and if in the summer, what do the young caterpillars do, or where 

 betake themselves? What are the characteristics of the early stages of 

 the caterpillar? In what terms shall we describe the flight and postures 

 of the butterfly? Arc the males really more abundant than the females? 

 Those wishing to obtain parasites may be sure that wintering chrysalids 

 contain them. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.— THECLA CALANUS. 



General. Imago. 



PI. 24, tig. 2. Distribution in North America. pi. g, ug. 14. Feuiiilc, both .surface.s. 



89 : 6. Tetrastiohus theclae. a parasite. 14 ; 11. Male, both surfaces. 



17. Exorista theclarum, a i.arasite; head. 34:24. Male abdominal appendages, side 



19. Exoristatheclarum, a parasite; wing. view. 



Erjg. 25. The same, viewed from below in 



PI. 65, fig. 3. Plain. outline. 



68:1. Micropyle. 44:1. Stigma of fore wing greatly en- 



Caterpillar. larged. 



PI. 75, tig. 20, 26. Side views. *6; 22. Androconium from the stigma. 



Chi-y salts. 



61 : 5. Neuration, fore wing i . 



PI. 84, tig. 25, 27. Side views. ^- Neuration, fore wing ?. 



THECLA EDWARDSII.— Edwards's hair streak. 



[Edwards's hair strealv (Scudder) ; Edwards's streaked butterfly (Mayuard).] 



TAecifa etiwarfisu S.aund.,MSS., [see Trans. eutom. soc, i: 172-173 (1867);— Saund., Cau. 



Amer. eutom.soc, 1:172(1867); Can.eut.,i: ent., i : 98-99 (1869);— Middl., Rep. Ins., III., 



98-99 (1869)] ;—Scudd., Proc. Bost. soc. iiat. x: 93(1881). 



hist., xiii : 272-276 (1870) ;— French, Butt. east. Thccla fahricii Kirb., Syn. catal. Lep., 654 



U. S.,261 (1866);— Mayn., Butt. N.E., 33, pi. 6. (1871). 



figs. ,39, 39a (1886). „. , • r-i n. xr » i 1 t « 



^ , ^, TT T ■ • n, , Figured m Glover, III. N. A. Lep., pi. I, tig. 



27(.ecte faZncer Harr., Ins. iiij. veg., 3d ed., . • , 



276 ,1862) ;— Grotc, Can. ent., ii : 165-168 (1870) ; ' '"""^ ' 



xix : 179 (1887). (Not Polyom. falacerGod. ; nor Rust. arm. 



Thecla calamis Grote-Kob., Trans. Amef. calanuslliibn.) 



The wild lice and the butterfly 



Are bright and h:i|ipy things to see ; 

 Living beneath a suniiner sky. 



Eliza Cook. 



Sie tanzen und tanzeii wohl allzumal 

 Um eiue Lindo im griiuen Thai. 



Kerner. 



Imago (6; IC). Head blackish brown, the summit overarched by the prothoracic 

 hairs; a broad band of snow-white scales borders the eye in front and behind, con- 

 nected, just above till! tongue, by a transverse band of white scales; a few pale scales 

 are arranged along the median line of the vertex ; posterior outer border of the basal 

 joint of antennae edged with white scales. Apical half of basal joint of pjilpi cov- 



