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sporting in the sunshine, and })ick ont the kinds which are most 

 desired. 



Still another of our native double-tailed insects belonQ-inw to this 

 genus and inhabiting all the upper part of the eastern half of the 

 country is Tliecla humuli. The upper side is sooty brown, sometimes 

 blackish or bluish, particularly on the lower wings. The upper wings 

 have no marks of any kind except tlie usual sex mai'k in the males. 

 The lower wings liave two delicate tails on each, the lower pair being 

 much the longer. These are black, tipped with white. Between the 

 base of the tails is a black spot, and above this a large, orange red 

 crescent. Two or three dim bluish spots are located between this 

 orange crescent and the inner angle of the wing. A narrow black 

 line, edged internally with a faint whitish line, runs from the base 

 of the upper tail to near the inner angle, where there is usually a 



Thecla liuniuli. 



faint orange spot. The eyes are brown, the front part of the head 

 white, the thorax and upper part of the abdomen bluisli l)lack, the 

 latter tipped with reddish In'own. 





Thecla liuinuli. Under side. 



The under side of the wing is a delicate light grayish brown. 

 The upper margin of tlie fore wing along the inner half is tinged 

 with red, and two lines of blackish spots are placed on the outer third 

 of the wing. The outer line is faint, and fades out completely at 



