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(6) Thecla autolycus Edwards, [Plate LXXXII], Fig. 1, ♂ (The Texas Hair-streak).
The carmine spots on the under side of the wings are not arranged across the median nervules as in T. favonius, but are located in the vicinity of the anal angle crowning the black crescents near the inner end of the outer margin. Expanse 1.15-1.30 inch.
Ranges from Missouri and Kansas to Texas.
(7) Thecla melinus Hübner, [Plate LXXXII], Fig. 2, ♀ (The Common Hair-streak).
This common little butterfly may easily be recognized by its plain slaty upper surface, marked by a large black spot
crowned with crimson between the origin of the two tails on the hind wings. Expanse 1.10-1.20 inch.
The caterpillar feeds on hop vines. The insect is found throughout temperate North America, thence southward into Mexico and Central America on the highlands.
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