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line, faintly noticeable, also, on tlie fore wings ; fringes dark. A darker 

 linear shade on the cross-vein of secondaries, perceivable within the mesial 

 band. 



Length of fore wing, along the costa, 11 m. m. Breadth, from apex to internal 

 angle, 7 m. m. Length of internal margin, 7 m. m. Total length of hody, 

 9 m. m. 



This pretty little species was taken by Mr. Ottomar Eeinecke, 

 near Aurora, abont 17 miles southward from Buffalo, on the Buf- 

 falo, New York and Philadelj^hia Railroad. The locality presents 

 a succession of hilly eminences, covered by a moderate growth of 

 hemlock, mixed with deciduous trees. The specimen was taken on 

 the 13tli of July. On the same occasion Argus Eurydice Avas quite 

 abundant. Mr. Edwards, in his synopsis of North American But- 

 terflies, enumerates 39 species under the genus Thecla, of which 

 number, 15 are from California, 1 from Utah [affiiiis), and 1 from 

 Nevada {cygnus) ; a single species {halcsus) enjoys a range from 

 Florida to California, while another {mopsus) is found from New 

 England to Colorado Territory. Mr. S. H. Scudder records 12 spe- 

 cies, from New England, under 6 genera. It is probable that Cal- 

 licista ocellifera will be in future added to the list, as its range is 

 not likely to be confined to this region of country. Our butterfly^ 

 is remarkable for its resemblance to Everes on the under surface of 

 the secondaries, but here there is but one marginal ])lack spot and 

 superposed broad orange luniform shade, while in Everes there is a 

 succeeding one, here absent, a few black scales on the succeeding 

 interspace indicating its position. On this account, also, it resem- 

 bles Lampides Balliston, Huhner, fig. 229-230, from Georgia. It is 

 a much smaller and narrower insect, however; on the underside 

 the two prominent ocellate spots at base of secondaries are not 

 indicated by Hiibner, who represents a single larger ocellus on 

 internal margin, wanting in ocellifera. On the primaries there are 

 double discal streaks, and the black spots accompanying the inner 

 even transverse bands on both wings are wanting, in Balliston. On 

 the primaries the transverse lines are much less complete and much 

 more crowded on to the external margin, having a very different 

 position, in Callicista ocellifera. Hiibner's species is not catalogiied 

 by Mr. Edwards. The European L. Boeticus may be considered 

 the type of Lampides. 



