. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Tbecia. Fig. 132.— Neuration of Thccln iiipboii, enlarged. Typical of subgenus lii- c/.sj//j, Minot. more even, and in general parallel with the subinarginal line. Ex- panse, ^ inch. Eiir/v ShigL's.—These have not been described, Ervplmii replaces the Eastern T. >iipboii on ihe Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11,?; Fig, 22, $ , uihii'r siiic: Plate \, Figs. 38, 40, cbrvsalis (The Banded EUin) i^///A'r//r. —Reddish-brown on the upper sid
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Tbecia. Fig. 132.— Neuration of Thccln iiipboii, enlarged. Typical of subgenus lii- c/.sj//j, Minot. more even, and in general parallel with the subinarginal line. Ex- panse, ^ inch. Eiir/v ShigL's.—These have not been described, Ervplmii replaces the Eastern T. >iipboii on ihe Pacific coast. (33) Thecla niphon, Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 11,?; Fig, 22, $ , uihii'r siiic: Plate \, Figs. 38, 40, cbrvsalis (The Banded EUin) i^///A'r//r. —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. (34) Thecla affinis, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig, 3, ?, under side (Tne Green-winged Hair- streak), Butterfly.—On the upper side closely resem- bling the following species. On the undei side the wings are uniformly bright green. Expanse, Early Stages.—'Xhese await description. The types came from Utah. 1 also have specimens from California. (35) Thecla dumetorum, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. i, 5 ; Fig. 2, 6 , under side (The Green White-spotted Hair-streak). Butter/Iy.—Diirk 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 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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