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young. A number of other common species belong in this 

 family, but, as they do not feed upon cultivated plants in suffi- 

 cient numbers to attract attention, they need not be further 

 considered. 



Fig. 256. 



Larva and chrysalis of Vanessa anttopa. 



Quite early in spring we may see, fluttering along the road- 

 sides, little blue butterflies expanding less than an inch when the 

 wings are spread, and without prominent markings of any kind. 

 These belong to the family LyccenidcE, usually to the typical 

 genus Lycceyia, and from them the term "blues," as a popular 

 name, has been derived. Later in the summer we find com- 

 monly bright coppery butterflies, not much larger than the 

 * ' blues ' ' already spoken of, and on the upper surface, especially 



Fig. 258. 



Chrysophanus thoe. — Male and female. 



of the fore-wings, are black spots varying in size and arrange- 

 ment. To these the name ' ' coppers' ' has been applied, and 

 they' belong to the natural genus Chrysophanus. The genus 

 Thecla contains species that run larger than either of those pre- 

 viously mentioned, many of them sombre in color and marked 

 on the under side by fine, hair-like streaks, differing in arrange- 

 ment and not always present. These are called " hair-streaks." 



