The Butterfly Book Part 45

_Early Stages._--We know no more of these than we do of those of the preceding species.

_Pheres_ has nearly the same range as _soepiolus._

(10) =Lycaena xerxes=, Boisduval, Plate x.x.x, Fig. 43, ?, _under side_ (Xerxes).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The wings in both s.e.xes are dusky above, shot with blue, more widely in the male than in the female. On the under side the wings are dark stone-color, with all the spots on both wings white, very rarely slightly pupiled with blackish. Expanse, 1.25 inch.

_Early Stages._--Unknown.

The species is found in central California.

(11) =Lycaena antiacis=, Boisduval, Plate x.x.x, Fig. 35, ?, _under side_; Fig. 36, ?; Fig. 41, ? (The Eyed Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--On the upper side the male is pale lilac-blue, the female dusky, heavily marked with blue at the base of the wings. On the under side the wings are deep, warm stone-gray. There is a single quite regular band of large-sized black spots on the fore wing beyond the middle, and a triply festooned curved band of similar spots on the hind wing. These spots are all margined with white. Expanse, 1.15-1.25 inch.

_Early Stages._--These await description.

The insect is found in California.

(12) =Lycaena couperi=, Grote, Plate x.x.x, Fig. 34, ?, _under side_ (Couper's Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The wings of the male above are pale shining blue, with a narrow black border; of the female darker blue, broadly margined externally with dusky. On the under side the wings are dark brownish-gray, with the spots arranged much as in _L. antiacis_, but with those of the hind wings generally white, and without a dark pupil.

The series on the fore wing is usually distinctly pupiled with black.

Expanse, 1.25 inch.

_Early Stages._--Unknown.

The species is found in Newfoundland, Labrador, Anticosti, and westward and northward. It is a boreal form.

(13) =Lycaena lygdamas=, Doubleday, Plate x.x.xI, Fig. 17, ?; Fig. 18, ?; Plate x.x.x, Fig. 50, ?, _under side_ (The Silvery Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The male has the upper side of the wings pale silvery-blue, narrowly edged with black; the wings of the female on the upper side are darker blue, dusky on the borders, with a dark spot at the end of the cell of the primaries. On the under side the wings are pale chocolate-brown, with a submarginal band of black spots, margined with white, on both wings, as well as a spot at the end of the cells, and one or two on the costa of the secondaries. Expanse, .85-1.10 inch.

_Early Stages._--These are yet to be ascertained.

The insect is reported from Michigan to Georgia.

(14) =Lycaena sagittigera=, Felder, Plate x.x.xI, Fig. 19, ?; Fig. 20, ?; Plate x.x.x, Fig. 44, ?, _under side_ (The Arrow-head Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The wings in both s.e.xes are variable pale blue, dusky on the margins, with white fringes checkered with dusky at the ends of the veins. On the under side the wings are dark gray, profusely spotted, the most characteristic markings being a white ray in the cell of the hind wings, a broad submarginal band of white arrow-shaped markings on both wings, with a black spot at the tip of each sagittate maculation and a dark triangular shade between the barbs. These markings are not shown as they should be in Plate x.x.x, Fig. 44. They are only faintly indicated.

Expanse, 1.25-1.30 inch.

_Early Stages._--These await description.

This b.u.t.terfly ranges from Oregon to Mexico, and eastward as far as Colorado on the mountains.

(15) =Lycaena speciosa=, Henry Edwards, Plate x.x.xII, Fig. 1 ?; Fig. 2, ?, _under side_ (The Small Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--Quite small; the male pale blue above, edged with dusky; the female dusky, with the inner two thirds shot with blue. The maculation of the under side is as represented in the plate. Expanse, .80 inch.

_Early Stages._--Unknown.

Habitat, southern California.

(16) =Lycaena sonorensis=, Felder, Plate x.x.xI, Fig. 21, ?; Fig. 22, ?

(The Sonora Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--Easily distinguished from all other species of the genus by the red spots in the region of the median nervules on the upper side.

Expanse, .87 inch.

_Early Stages._--Unknown.

This lovely little insect is found rather abundantly in southern California and northern Mexico.

(17) =Lycaena podarce=, Felder, Plate x.x.xII, Fig. 15, ?; Fig. 16, ?

(The Gray Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The male is grayish-blue above, with dusky margins, lighter on the disk of both the fore and hind wings. There are a few dark marginal crescents on the hind wings. On the under side the wings are very pale, profusely spotted, the spot at the end of the cell of the secondaries being large and whitish, without a pupil, the rest being black ringed about with white. The female is dark brown above, the fore wings having a black spot ringed about with yellowish at the end of the cell. Expanse, 1.05 inch.

_Early Stages._--These have never been described.

The species is thus far known from California, Nevada, and Colorado. It is alpine in its habits.

(18) =Lycaena aquilo=, Boisduval, Plate x.x.xII, Fig. 9, ?; Fig. 10, ?, _under side_ (The Labrador Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The male is dusky bluish-gray on the upper side; the female somewhat darker. It is easily distinguished from other species by the dark-brown shades on the under side of the secondaries. Expanse, .80 inch.

_Early Stages._--Unknown.

It is found in Labrador and arctic America.

(19) =Lycaena rustica=, Edwards, Plate x.x.xII, Fig. 17, ?, _under side_ (The Rustic Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--Much like the preceding species, but a third larger, and brighter blue on the upper side of the wings of the male. On the under side the disposition of the spots and markings is precisely as in _L.

aquilo_, but on the secondaries the dark spots and shades are all replaced by white on a pale-gray ground. Expanse, .90-1.00 inch.

_Early Stages._--We are in complete ignorance as to these.

The b.u.t.terfly is found in British America and on the Western Cordilleras.

(20) =Lycaena enoptes=, Boisduval, Plate x.x.x, Fig. 30, ?, _under side_; Fig. 51, ? (The Dotted Blue).

_b.u.t.terfly._--The wings on the upper side are purplish-blue,--pale in the male, darker in the female,--bordered with dusky, more heavily in the female than in the male. The fringes are white, checkered with dusky at the ends of the veins. The female sometimes has the hind wings marked on the upper side with red marginal spots on the inner half of the border. On the under side the wings are pale bluish-gray, marked with a profusion of small black spots, those on the outer margin arranged in two parallel lines, between which, on the hind wings, are red spots.

Expanse, 1.00 inch.

_Early Stages._--Awaiting description.

_Enoptes_ ranges from Washington to Arizona.