VADli MECUM. 107 



TIIECLA QUERCUS, PURPLE HAIR-STREAK. 

 Lewin, pi. 43. Donovan, v. 13, p. i&). Duncan, pi. 27. fig. 3,i. 



ButteTjlij. Above brownish black, disk of the primary 

 wings of a shining deep bine, formed of two great contiguous 

 oblong spots drawn from the base towards the tip, tlie lowest 

 being twice the size of the otlier. All the wings underneath 

 are hairy, with a posterior white undulated streak common 

 to them all ; between which and the posterior margin the 

 wing is paler. Secondary wings tailed, with one or two 

 eyelets at the anal angle, with a fiilvous iris and black pnpil, 

 which in the male are often whitish ; a scries of obsolete 

 pale crescents near the margin. The female differs from the 

 male in the primary wings being brownish purple, or often 

 entirely purple, without any blue. 



Caterpillar. Plump, above rose-coloured, with three rows 

 of green dots. 



Chrysalis. Naked, ferruginous, with three dorsal rows o( 

 brown dots. 



THECLA RUBI, GREEN HAIR-STREAK. 



til-win, pi. 44. Donovan, v. 13, p. 443. Duncan, pi. 2S,fig. 3. 



Bulterjly. Less than T. Quercus. Above dusky brown, 

 with sometimes (particularly in the female) a pale spot 

 nearly obliterated in the disk of the primary wing near the 

 costal margin. Underneath green. Secondary wings tailed, 

 streaked below with a baud of white dots, which (particularly 

 in the male) is sometimes nearly obliterated, but there are 

 always one or two dots. 



Cttterpillur. Circen, variegated with yellow, bead black. 



Chrysalis, Brown. 



