. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 392 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. plants, especially those of Cornus, Cimicifitga, and Actino- rneris. They are frequently attended by ants for the sake of the honey-dew which they excrete through tubes that they push out from the seventh and eighth abdominal seg- ments. The Tailed Blue, Everes comyntas (E-veVes co-myn^tas).— The butterflies of the genus Everes can be distinguished from our other blues by the presence of a small taiUike prolongation of the hind wing. This is borne at the end of vein VII. Our common species {E, comyritas) is distributed ove
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 392 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. plants, especially those of Cornus, Cimicifitga, and Actino- rneris. They are frequently attended by ants for the sake of the honey-dew which they excrete through tubes that they push out from the seventh and eighth abdominal seg- ments. The Tailed Blue, Everes comyntas (E-veVes co-myn^tas).— The butterflies of the genus Everes can be distinguished from our other blues by the presence of a small taiUike prolongation of the hind wing. This is borne at the end of vein VII. Our common species {E, comyritas) is distributed over nearly all parts of North America. The male is dark purplish violet above, bordered with brown ; the female is dark brown, sometimes flecked with bluish scales. In the Eastern United States this is the only species of the genus. The larva feeds upon clover and other leguminous plants. III. The Hair-streaks,—The Hair-streaks are distinguished from the other Lycaeninae by the fact that radius of the fore wings is only three-branched. They are usually dark brown, with dehcate striped markings on the lower surface of the wings, which suggested the com- mon name given above ; but some species are brilliantly marked with me- tallic blue or green. The hind wings are also commonly furnished with deli- cate tail-like prolongations (Fig. 466). The fore wings of the male often bear a small dull oval spot near the middle of the costal part of the wing, the dis- FiG. ^(. caianus. ^^j stigma, which is filled with the peculiar scent-scales known as andriconia. The males are also distinguished by having a tuft of hair-like scales, the beard, on the front ; this is wanting or very thin in the fe- males. About fifty species occur in America north of Mexico; of these nearly twenty occur in the eastern half of the United States. The Banded Hair-streak, Thecla caianus (Thec'la cal'a-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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