. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Feniseca on the under side pale fawn, with a band of pale-red spots on both wings about the middle, and a few similar spots on the outer and inner margins of the hind wings. Expanse, .75 inch. Early Stages.—Only the egg, described and figured by Scud- der, is known. It ranges from Quebec to southern New Jersey, and westward to West Virginia, and has been taken on Mount Graham, in Ari- zona. It appears in early spring. It is still rare in collections. (37) Thecla titus, Fabricius, Plate XXX, Fig. 10, $ ; Fig. 14, $ , under side; Plate V, Fig. 37, chrysa
. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Feniseca on the under side pale fawn, with a band of pale-red spots on both wings about the middle, and a few similar spots on the outer and inner margins of the hind wings. Expanse, .75 inch. Early Stages.—Only the egg, described and figured by Scud- der, is known. It ranges from Quebec to southern New Jersey, and westward to West Virginia, and has been taken on Mount Graham, in Ari- zona. It appears in early spring. It is still rare in collections. (37) Thecla titus, Fabricius, Plate XXX, Fig. 10, $ ; Fig. 14, $ , under side; Plate V, Fig. 37, chrysalis (The Coral Hair-streak). Butterfly. —Uniformly gray-brown on the up- per side. Some specimens of the female have a few red spots at the anal angle of the hind wing. On the under side the wings are col- ored as on the upper side; but the hind wings have a conspicuous submarginal band of coral- red spots on their outer third. Expanse, inch. Early Stages.—These have been well described Fig. 133.—Neu- by several authors. The fullest account is given ration of Thecla ^ Scudder. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves titus, enlarged. -^ ^ Typical of sub- of the wild cherry and the wild plum. fmbner'^^'^'^''''' ^^^ ^"^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Atlantic to the Paci- fic, from Maine to Georgia. It is not very common. There are some ten or more other species of this genus found in our fauna, but the species figured in our plates will suffice to give a good idea of the genus. Genus FENISECA, Grote (The Harvesters) " Upon his painted wings, the butterfly Roam'd, a gay blossom of the sunny ; Willis G. Clark. Butterfly.—Sm2ill, bright orange-yellow, on the upper side spotted with black, on the under side more or less mottled and shaded with gray and brown, the markings of the upper side reappearing. The cut shows the neuration, which need not be minutely described. Egg.—Subglobular, much wider than high, its surface smooth, 250. Please note that these images ar
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