Genus Feniseca 



on the under side pale fawn, with a band of pale-red spots on 

 both wings about the middle, and a few similar spots on the 

 outer and inner margins of the hind wings. Expanse, .75 inch. 

 Early Stages.— Only the egg, described and figured by Scud- 

 der, is known. 



It ranges from Quebec to southern New Jersey, and westward 

 to West Virginia, and has been taken on Mount Graham, in Ari- 

 zona. It appears in early spring. It is still rare in collections. 



(37) Thecla titus, Fabricius, Plate XXX, Fig. 10, 3 ; Fig. 14, 

 $ , under side; Plate V, Fig. 37, chrysalis (The Coral Hair-streak). 

 Butterfly. — Uniformly gray-brown on the up- 

 per side. Some specimens of the female have 

 a few red spots at the anal angle of the hind 

 wing. On the under side the wings are col- 

 ored as on the upper side; but the hind wings 

 have a conspicuous submarginal band of coral- 

 red spots on their outer third. Expanse, 1.30 

 inch. 



Early Stages.— These have been well described 

 by several authors. The fullest account is given 

 by Scudder. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves 

 of the wild cherry and the wild plum. 



The insect occurs from the Atlantic to the Paci- 

 fic, from Maine to Georgia. It is not very common. 

 There are some ten or more other species of this genus found 

 in our fauna, but the species figured in our plates will suffice to 

 give a good idea of the genus. 



Fig. 133. — Neu- 

 ration of Thecla 

 titus, enlarged. 

 Typical of sub- 

 genus Strymon, 

 Hubner. 



Genus FENISECA, Grote 



(The Harvesters) 



' Upon his painted wings, the butterfly 

 Roam'd, a gay blossom of the sunny sky." 



Willis G. Clark. 



Butterfly.— Small, bright orange-yellow, on the upper side 

 spotted with black, on the under side more or less mottled and 

 shaded with gray and brown, the markings of the upper side 

 reappearing. The cut shows the neuration, which need not be 

 minutely described. 



Egg. — Subglobular, much wider than high, its surface smooth, 



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