202 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



land, the H. hlandina and II. ligea. The former is taken 

 in great profusion in August, near Brodick, Isle of Arran. 



LePIDOPTERA. LYCiENIDiE. 



THECLA. 



Generic Distinctions. — See page 128. 



Thecla queecus. (Plate IX.) Ptirple Hair-streak. Size 

 about fourteen lines ; colour of the upper surface dark brown, 

 faintly glossed with purple in one sex ; the other with a 

 large patch of deep glossy purple at the base of the upper 

 wings; on the under side the wings are ash-grey colour, 

 with a silky lustre, and traversed by an undulating white 

 streak, beyond which is a double series of whitish crescents, 

 and a few dusky spots on the primary wings ; the secondary 

 pair are ornamented with two reddish spots, one having an 

 ocellus. The caterpillar is greyish-brown, with a brown 

 head, and a row of yellow dots on the back ; it is very com- 

 mon in oak-woods in the south. 



Thecla W-album. White-letter Hair-streaJc, Upper 

 side dark brown, with a silky gloss, the male having a 

 greyish spot near the middle ; the under side is light brown, 



