270 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



is a trace of another from the apex, meeting the inner 

 line before the shorter tail, but renewed again before the 

 inner or longer tail, from which it goes to the inner 

 margin. Before the space between the base of the two 

 tails and the inner line is a patch of orange shading 

 into yellow outwardly, with a little yellow outside the 

 outer line near the inner margin. Between the orange 

 patch and the outer margin is a spot of red and black at 

 the anal angle, with a patch of blue and black between. 

 Between the orange patch and the apex the outer line is 

 bordered externally by a black shading, and outside of 

 this some pale gray scales. 



Basal third of costa orange. Antennae black annu- 

 late w^ith white ; knob black tipped with orange. 



Key West, Florida. 



108. Thecla Cecrops, Fab. 



Expanse of wings from .9 inch to 1.1 inches. 



Upper surface blackish brown, in some specimens 

 entirely so, in others a few blue scales along the inner 

 margin of the hind wings, in still others nearly all the 

 hind margin blue, with the same color extending over the 

 base of the fore wings. In such blue- washed specimens 

 there is a series of marginal black lunules along the 

 outer margin of the hind wings. The hind wings have 

 two unequal tails, black tipped with white. The costa 

 of the fore wings red-edged, more distinctly seen on the 

 under side. 



Under side brownish or russety gray, with two lines 

 beyond the middle, common to both wings, as in allied 

 species. The inner is clear white, edged on the inside with 

 narrow black, and farther in heavily shaded with reddish 



