Genus Thecla 



Butterfly.— Dark brown, glossed at the base of the wings and 

 on the inner margin of the secondaries with blue. The under 

 side is well delineated in the plate. Expanse, i.oo inch. 



Early Stages.— These await description. 



Cecrops is common in the Southern States, and has been 

 taken as far north as West Virginia, Kentucky, and southern 

 Indiana. 



(26) Thecla clytie, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 6, ? (Clytie). 

 Butterfly. — ?>\\ie above, with the apical two thirds of the fore 



wings black. The wings on the under side are white, with the 

 usual marginal and transverse markings quite small and faint. 

 Expanse, .90 inch. 



Early Stages.— Unknov^n. 



Habitat, Texas and Arizona. 



(27) Thecla ines, Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 35, 5 (Ines). 

 Butterfly.- Much like the preceding species, but smaller, with 



the secondaries marked with blackish on the costa. On the 

 under side the wings are slaty-gray, with numerous fine lines 

 and a broad median dark shade on the hind wings, running from 

 the costa to the middle of the wing. Expanse, .75 inch. 



Early S/^^^5. — Unknown. 



Ines is found in Arizona. 



(28) Thecla behri, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 4, 6 ; Fig. 5, 

 $ , under side (Behr's Hair-streak). 



Butterfly. — Both sides are well displayed in the plate, and 

 therefore need no particular description. Expanse, i.io inch. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



This species is found in northern California and Oregon, and 

 eastward to Colorado. 



(29) Thecla augustus, Kirby, Plate XXX, Fig. 15, $ (The 

 Brown Elfin). 



Butterfly . — Brown on the upper side; paler on the under side. 

 The fore wings are marked by a straight incomplete median 

 band, and the hind wings by an irregularly curved median band 

 or line. Back of these lines toward the base both wings are 

 darker brown. Expanse, .90 inch. 



Early Stages.— These are not well known. Henry Edwards 

 describes the caterpillar as "carmine-red, covered with very short 

 hair, each segment involute above, with deep double fovese." 

 The chrysalis is described by the same observer as being " pitchy- 



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