THECLA I. 
a dark ventral stripe from seventh to terminal segments ; sides of body with four 
or five short lines of dark brown. The duration of the chrysalis state is about 
eight or nine days. I have had specimens enter the chrysalis as late as July 3rd.” 
Since the description of Acadica, in 1862, some of our lepidopterists have 
doubted if this species was not identical with falacer, Godart, and of Bois. and Lee. 
Messrs. Grote and Robinson have contributed some valuable papers on this and al- 
lied Thedas to the Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1867, and show clearly that falacer of 
Godart and of the text of Bois. and Lee. (but not of the plate,) and of Harris, Ins. 
Mass, is properly T. Calanus, Westwood ; that falacer of Bois. and Lee. plate, is a 
distinct species, now called inorata, G. & R.; and that Acadica differs from either. 
The latter is readily distinguished from the others by the color of its under surface, 
the extra-discal band of spots, and the extended vermillion border. 
The flowers in the accompanying Plate are said to be varieties of Phlox diva- 
ricata, and are common in the woods throughout the Kanawha district in the 
months of April and May. 
