. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Thecla very white, and the spots between it and the margin more con- spicuous. Expanse, inch. Early SA7^t'5. —Unknown. It is reported from Arizona and southern California. It has been named siva by Edwards, and the figure is from his type so labeled. {22) Thecla damon, Cramer, Plate XXIX, Fig. }2, 6 , under side; van discoidalis, Skinner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 29, 6 ; Plate V, Figs. 30, 31, chrysalis (The Olive Hair-streak). Butterfly.—On the upper side bright fulvous,w
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Thecla very white, and the spots between it and the margin more con- spicuous. Expanse, inch. Early SA7^t'5. —Unknown. It is reported from Arizona and southern California. It has been named siva by Edwards, and the figure is from his type so labeled. {22) Thecla damon, Cramer, Plate XXIX, Fig. }2, 6 , under side; van discoidalis, Skinner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 29, 6 ; Plate V, Figs. 30, 31, chrysalis (The Olive Hair-streak). Butterfly.—On the upper side bright fulvous,with the costa, the outer margins, and the veins of both wings blackish, darkest at the apex. On the under side the wings are greenish, crossed on the fore wing by a straight, incomplete white line, and on the hind wing by a similar irregular line. Both of these lines are margined internally by brown. There are a couple of short white lines on the hind wing near the base, and the usual crescentic spots and markings on the outer border and at the anal angle. Expanse, .90- inch. Early S/j^£?5.—These have been described by sev- eral authors. The caterpillar feeds on the red cedar _ {Juniper If s Virginian a, Linn^us). Itisdouble-brood- Neuration ' of ed in the North and triple-brooded in the South. Thecla damon, Damoii ranges from Ontario to Texas over the enlarged. Type ° of subgenus entire eastern half of the United States. Mitura, Scud- (^^^ Thecla simaethis, Drury, Plate XXIX, Fig. 39, 6 , under side (Simsethis). Butterfly.—Resembling the preceding species, but the white band on the secondaries is straight, and the outer margins are heavily marked with brown. Expanse, . inch. Early S/j^'^s. —Unknown. This species occurs in Texas, Mexico, and southward. (24) Thecla acis, Drury, Plate XXIX, Fig. 38, ?, undet side (Drury's Hair-streak). Butterfly.—The. upper side of the wings is dark brown. The under side is shown in the plate. Expanse, .90 inch. Early SA
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