. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. LYC^NIDJE. 203 sporting in the sunshine, and })ick ont the kinds which are most desired. Still another of our native double-tailed insects belonQ-inw to this genus and inhabiting all the upper part of the eastern half of the country is Tliecla humuli. The upper side is sooty brown, sometimes blackish or bluish, particularly on the lower wings. The upper wings have no marks of
. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. LYC^NIDJE. 203 sporting in the sunshine, and })ick ont the kinds which are most desired. Still another of our native double-tailed insects belonQ-inw to this genus and inhabiting all the upper part of the eastern half of the country is Tliecla humuli. The upper side is sooty brown, sometimes blackish or bluish, particularly on the lower wings. The upper wings have no marks of any kind except tlie usual sex mai'k in the males. The lower wings liave two delicate tails on each, the lower pair being much the longer. These are black, tipped with white. Between the base of the tails is a black spot, and above this a large, orange red crescent. Two or three dim bluish spots are located between this orange crescent and the inner angle of the wing. A narrow black line, edged internally with a faint whitish line, runs from the base of the upper tail to near the inner angle, where there is usually a. Thecla liuniuli. faint orange spot. The eyes are brown, the front part of the head white, the thorax and upper part of the abdomen bluisli l)lack, the latter tipped with reddish In'own. Thecla liuinuli. Under side. The under side of the wing is a delicate light grayish brown. The upper margin of tlie fore wing along the inner half is tinged with red, and two lines of blackish spots are placed on the outer third of the wing. The outer line is faint, and fades out completely at. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937; Bayer, Frederick M. , former owner. DSI. Boston : J. B. Millet
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