HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



Caterpillar. — Slug-shaped; a little more than half an 

 inch long; its body is dark green, and along the sides are two 

 stripes made up of more or less oblique white dashes. 



Food-plants. — Red cedar and smilax. 



The olive hair-streak has wings which are rich 

 brown-black above. The under sides of the hind 

 wings are bright olive green, and the front edges 

 of the front wings are the same color, which 

 shades off gradually into tan at the middle of the 

 wing. The white streak across the lower side of 

 the wing is thick and very striking, and it is 

 bordered with rust red inside. The tail on the 

 hind wings is just a little slender spike. This 

 Thecla belongs to the South, where it flits about 

 the tops of the forests of red cedar. The cater- 

 pillar is a robust-looking little fellow, but it is so 

 exactly cedar-leaf color that it is well protected, 

 though it feeds on the very tips of the twigs. The 

 caterpillar of this species also feed upon smilax, 

 and in some of the books this species is called 

 Thecla smilacis. It winters as a chrysalis. 



The butterfly's assumption grown, 

 In chrysoprase apartments hung, 

 This afternoon put on. 



Emily Dickinson. 



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