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Thecla auburniana, Harris, Ins. luj. 1862, 277 



Thecla aubumiana, Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 101. 



Mtiura daman, Scudder, But. E. U. 8. and Can., 1889, II, 



861 ; III, pis. 6, 23, 65, 75, 84. 



Lake County. Rare. (Worthington.) Food plant, the red cedar, 

 Juniperus Virginiana, Linn., about which the imago is almost always 

 found. There are two broods each season which appear in May and Au- 

 gust, respectively. 



62. (357.) THECLA POEAS, Hub. The Least Purple Hair-streak. 



Thecla poeas, Morris, Lep N. A., 1862, 103. 



French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 270. 

 Blatchley, Hoos. Nat. II, 1886, 62 



Calycopis cecrops, Scudder, But. E U. S. and Can., 1889, III, 1821. 

 This, one of the prettiest of the Theclas, is southern in its range and 

 rare in our State. A single specimen was taken by the writer from an 

 oleander bush, in Monroe County, August 17, 1890. Mr. Edwards has 

 also received it from Indiana, but is unable to give the locality. Food 

 plant, unknown, but probably one of the species of huckleberry, Vaccin- 

 ium, of which two or three kinds grow in Monroe County. 



63. (367.) THECLA HBNBICII, Gr -Rob. The Plum Thecla. The 



Hoary Elfin. 



Thecla htnricii, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 273. 

 Imisalia tnw, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, II, 835; 



III, pis. 6, 23, 65, 75, 85. 



This species, which, according to Edwards, has been previously re- 

 corded only from West Virginia and Maine, has been taken in Jefferson 

 County by Mr. Hubbard. The larvse feed upon wild plum, and the perfect 

 insects, appearing about May 1, frequent the flowers of the red bud, 

 Cercis Canadensis, Linn., and the borders of sandy roads. 



64. (376.) THECLA TITUS, Fab The Wild Cherry Thecla. The 



Coral Hair-streak'. 

 Thecla titus, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 278. 



Blatchley, Hoos. Nat., II, 1886, 62. 

 Strymon titus, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, II, 809; 



III, pis. 6, 23, 65, 75, 84. 

 Tlirda mopsus, Harris, Ins. Inj., 1862, 278. 



Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 102. 

 Mead, Rep. Wheeler Exp., V., 1875, 779. 

 Packard, Guide, 1883, 266. 



In all parts of the State, but scarce where found. It is one of the 

 handsomest and largest members of the genus. Food plant, wild cherry. 

 It passes the winter in the egg state, and flies as imago during July and 

 August, frequenting the flower of golden rod, milkweed and thistle. 



