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Libythea bachmanii. Kirtland. 
Palpi as long as half the length of the body; black above, gray be¬ 
neath. Fore wings broadly truncate at the tip, a deep, abrupt sinus 
back of the angle. Hind wings scalloped but not tailed. Color of 
wings above black, with three white spots near the tip of the fore 
wings, the largest beyond the end of the discal cell, and two larger 
orange patches toward the base. The hind wings have one orange 
patch near the middle. Under side fore wings orange in basal half, 
the rest black except the white spots of the upper side, and the tip 
which is lilac. Hind wings uniform lilac with a coppery reflection. 
Expanse, 1.75 inches. 
LYCiENIDiE. 
This is a group of small, six-footed butterflies that are found about 
fields and the edge of woods in bright sunshine during the greater 
part of summer. The palpi are only moderately long, projecting ob¬ 
liquely in front of the head about as far as the length of the head, the 
last joint long and slender. The fore and hind wings are of nearly 
equal width, the latter sometimes with one or more very slender tails 
from near the anal angle. In color they are blue, brown, blackish or 
somewhat coppery above, but below, pale blue or yellow, or a combi¬ 
nation of both, spotted with black, while a few Theclas are marbled 
black. Economically, they are comparatively unimportant, and I 
shall briefly mention only a few. 
Thecla humuli, Harris—The Hop-vine Thecla. 
Wings, upper side, dusky brown, with a tint of bluish gray, and in 
the males an oval darker spot near the front edge. On the hind 
wings two thread-like tails, the inner one the largest and tipped with 
white, before which is a row of pale blue spots, interrupted by a large 
orange red crescent enclosing a small black spot. Beneath, slate gray, 
streaked with brown and white, and two orange spots near the anal 
angle, the one before the tails enclosng a black dot. Expands 1.10 
inches. Food, plants of the larvae, thorn, pine, beans and hop. 
Thecla strigosa, Harris—The Streaked Thecla. 
Wings above, dark brown without spots, save an orange spot on the 
female in frent of the two slender tails. Under side pale brown, 
