. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. With 48 plates in color-photography, reproductions of butterflies in the author's collection, and many text illustrations presenting most of the species found in the United States. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Thecla more even, and in general parallel with the submarginal line. Ex- panse, inch. Early Stages.—These have not been described. Eryphon replaces the Eastern T. nipbon on the Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11, ? ; Fig. 22, 9 , underside; Plate V, Figs. 38, 4
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. With 48 plates in color-photography, reproductions of butterflies in the author's collection, and many text illustrations presenting most of the species found in the United States. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Thecla more even, and in general parallel with the submarginal line. Ex- panse, inch. Early Stages.—These have not been described. Eryphon replaces the Eastern T. nipbon on the Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11, ? ; Fig. 22, 9 , underside; Plate V, Figs. 38, 40, chrysalis (The Banded Elfin) Butterfly.—Reddish-brown on the upper side. The under side is accurately depicted in the plate. Expanse, inch. Early Stages.—These have been elaborately de- scribed by Scudder in his great work. The cater- pillars feed upon pine. The Banded Elfin is found from Nova Scotia to Colorado, in the Northern States, where its food-plant occurs, but is never abundant. Fig 132 — (34) Thecla affinis, Edwards, Plate XXX, Neuration of Fig. 3, ?, under side (The Green-winged Hair- Thecla niphon 0 f' ° enlarged. Typical Streak). of subgenus In- Butterfly.—On the upper side closely resem- cisaK*, Minot. bling the following species. On the under side the wings are uniformly bright green. Expanse, inch. Early Stages.—These await description. The types came from Utah. I also have specimens from California. (35) Thecla dumetorum, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 1, 6 ', Fig. 2, $, under side (The Green White-spotted Hair-streak). Butterfly.—Dark fawn-color above, sometimes tinged exter- nally with reddish. On the under side both wings are green, the primaries having a short straight band of white spots on the outer third, and the secondaries a small white spot on the costa beyond the middle, and two or three conspicuous white spots near the anal angle. Expanse, inch. Early Stages.— The eggs are laid on the unopened flower- heads of Hosackia
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