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angle of the wing, is a narrow black line edged on both sides with 
a faint white line. There is a black spot at tlie inner angle, 
and a dim orange red spot edged externally with black above and 
between the base of the tails. The body is of the same color as the 
wings. 
The under side of the wing is lighter than the upper. Two 
lines of elongated dark brown spots, close together, cross the upper 
wing. The outer line is very faint, both above and below the 
middle, edged internally with white; the inner line is more dis¬ 
tinct, and is edged externally with a fine line of white. One dark 
brown spot is situated above the middle of the wing, and is edged 
Thecla calanus. Under side. 
on both sides with faint whitish lines. On the lower wings the 
two lines of spots are continued, but the outer one is much more dis¬ 
tinct than the inner, being composed of black crescents edged 
internally with white. This line is very irregular and runs in a 
zigzag manner above the base of the tails. The inner line is edged 
externally with white, as on the upper wing, both lines curving 
upward toward the end of the abdomen on the inner margin. 
There is a conspicuous black spot between the base of the tails and 
another at the inner angle. A fine white line runs from the latter 
spot along the outer margin and fades out toward the upper angle. 
A large blue gray spot is placed between the two black spots. A 
large deep orange crescent with a smaller one placed farther upon 
the wing will be seen above the first black spot, and an orange line 
is located above the black spot at the inner angle. The thorax 
and legs are blue gray, and the abdomen is whitish with brown at 
the tip. 
In the latter part of June and early July this butterfly makes its 
appearance in the northern part of this country. It is not at all shy 
or wild, and when settled on its favorite flowers may be picked off 
