Early Stages.—These have been well described by several authors. The fullest account is given by Scudder. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the wild cherry and the wild plum.
The insect occurs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Maine to Georgia. It is not very common.
There are some ten or more other species of this genus found in our fauna, but the species figured in our plates will suffice to give a good idea of the genus.
[a]Fig. 133.]—Neuration of Thecla titus, enlarged. Typical of subgenus Strymon, Hübner.
Genus FENISECA, Grote
(The Harvesters)
"Upon his painted wings, the butterfly Roam'd, a gay blossom of the sunny sky."
Willis G. Clark.
Butterfly.—Small, bright orange-yellow, on the upper side spotted with black, on the under side more or less mottled and shaded with gray and brown, the markings of the upper side reappearing. The cut shows the neuration, which need not be minutely described.
Egg.—Subglobular, much wider than high, its surface smooth, marked with a multitude of very fine and indistinct raised ridges, giving it the appearance of being covered by very delicate polygonal cells.