. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. 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. Eiyphon replaces the Eastern T. uiphon on the Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hiibner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11, ? ; Fig. 22, ? , tinder side; 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 b
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. 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. Eiyphon replaces the Eastern T. uiphon on the Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hiibner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11, ? ; Fig. 22, ? , tinder side; 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- Tbeda mpbou, f enlarged. Typical streak). of subgenus iii- Butterfly.—On the upper side closely resem- "salia, 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. I, 3 ; 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 Hosachia argophylla. This is all we know of the life- history. The species ranges from Oregon and California eastward as far as Colorado. (36) Thecla laeta, Edwards, Plate XXI
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