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angle of the wing, is a narrow black line edged on both sides with 

 a faint white line. There is a black spot at the inner angle, 

 and a dim orange red spot edged externally with black above and 

 between the base of the tails. The body is of the same color as the 

 wings. 



The under side of the wing is lighter than tlie upper. Two 

 lines of elongated dark brown spots, close together, cross the upper 

 wing. The outer line is very faint, both above and below the 

 middle, edged internally with white; the inner line is more dis- 

 tinct, and is edged externally with a fine line of white. One dark 

 brown spot is situated above the middle of the wing, and is edged 



Thecla calanus. Under side. 



on both sides with faint whitisli lines. On the lower wings the 

 two lines of spots are continued, but the outer one is much more dis- 

 tinct than the inner, being composed of black crescents edged 

 internally with white. This line is very irregular and runs in a 

 zigzag manner above the base of the tails. The inner line is edged 

 extei-nally with wliite, as on the upper wing, both lines curving 

 upward toward the end of the abdomen on the inner margin. 

 There is a conspicuous black spot Ijetween the base of the tails and 

 anotlier at the iinier angle. A tine white line runs from the latter 

 spot along the outer margin and fades out toward the upper angle. 

 A large blue gray spot is placed between the two black spots. A 

 large deep orange crescent with a smaller one placed farther u})on 

 the wing will be seen above the first black spot, and an orange line 

 is located above the black spot at the inner angle. The tliorax 

 and legs are blue gray, and the abdomen is whitisli witli brown at 

 the tip. 



In the latter part of June and early July this butterfly makes its 

 appearance in tlie northern part of this country. It is not at all shy 

 or wild, and wlien settled on its favorite flowers may be picked off 



