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/. indentata. Fore wings with the costal edge straighter and the apex less turned up 

 than in /. indentata, the apex being slightly more rounded than in that species or in 

 /. inclusa. Basal line distinct, making a sharp angle on the median vein, and more 

 incurved in the submedian space than in I. indentata ; second line much more sud- 

 denly incurved than I. indentata, the same line being straight in /. inclusa ; the short 

 third line as in /. indentata, but more sinuous. Fourth and outer line much as in /. 

 indentata, but the species differs from all the others known by the large conspicuous 

 irregular whitish ochreous patch which fills in the costal curve of this line and ex- 

 tends half way froiu the costal end of the line to the apex of the wing ; no deep brick- 

 red discoloration on each side of costal half of fourth line, so distincl in / indentata, 

 but a long discal blackish stripe extends aloug the first median venule to the sub- 

 marginal row of brown dots which are not so distinct as iu /. indentata or /. Inclusa : 

 though the marginal row of dark brown lunules is as distinct as iu 7". inclusa. Fringe 

 as in I. inclusa, but that on the hind wings much darker. Hind wings darker than in 

 I. indentata. Wings beneath much as in /. indentata, but there is no reddish tint to- 

 wards the apex, and the white oblique costal streak is much less distinct. There are 

 traces of a common brown diffuse line. Abdomen a little shorter, the fan or tuft of 

 scales perhaps shorter and expanding wider. Expanse of wings 25 mm . ; length of 

 body 12 mm . 



THE LIVE OAK THECLA. 



(Thecla favonius Smith and Abbot.) 



The green, slug-like caterpillars of this beautiful butterfly were ob- 

 served on the Live Oak at Enterprise, Fla., April 7 and 8, also a few 

 days afterwards at Crescent City, and again on the Scrub Live Oaks on 

 Anastasia Island, Saint Augustine. They pupated April 13, 14; the 

 chrysalis in general appearance closely resembling that of Thecla cala- 

 nus, found about Providence. They breed easily in confinement, my 

 specimens having been placed in a small pocket tin box. After my re- 

 turn to Providence the butterflies emerged from April 30 to May L\ It 

 is the most common species in the Southern States, and is said by Smith 

 and Abbot to feed on Quercus rubra and other Oaks. 



Descriptive. — Larva. — Closely resembling in general appearance that of Thecla 

 calanus. Body straw-yellowish green, with fine yellowish papillae and dense short 

 hairs. Head pale horn-color, small and narrow. Length IT" 131 . 



Pupa. — Of the same size aud shape as that of Thecla calanus, the hirsutes the 

 same, though not quite so coarse. In color rather pale horn, not so much mottled 

 with black. It differs from T. calanus in the distinct lateral row of black dots. Length 

 10 mm . 



Imago. — Wings of the usual form and color iu the genus. Fore wings of male with 

 a blackish sex-mark below the costa ; a tawny patch in the first and a larger more 

 distinct one in the second median cell. Hind wiugs with a large deep orange patch 

 near the inner angle, with a minute one on each side; orange spots on the inner 

 angle. " The points of the W formed by the inner line on the under side of the hind 

 wings touching the outer line " (French). Expanse of wiugs, 23 mm . 



THE LIVE OAK LEAF-ROLLER. 



Tortrix quercifoliana Fitch. 



While at Saint Augustine, Fla., early in April I noticed a pale green 

 leaf-roller on the Live Oaks on Anastasia Island. April 14 it spun a 



