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exists. Doubleday says the specimens he described in 1842 

 were sent to England by Abbot, that they were taken in pine 

 woods, March 2ist, and that the species is very rare. Double- 

 day says Abbot confounded the species with Papilio crcbus 

 Fabr. - = damactus Hiibn. 



The next name proposed was bchri Edw. in 1862, and the 

 locality given was "California, from Dr. Behr." It is likely 

 from this that the type locality was San Francisco. Bchri is 

 larger, lighter in color and of more violet blue than lygdamus 

 and the spots on the underside of the primaries are larger than 

 those of the secondaries, whereas in lygdamus the spots are 

 of the same size. 



Oro Scudder was described in 1876, and the author says, "I 

 have only seen this species from Colorado." The description 

 says it is close to bchri but averages larger. The upper sur- 

 face of the wings of the male is almost entirely destitute of 

 the pruinose bloom of Nomiades lygdamus and is of a tenderer 

 blue, which permits all the spots of the under surface to be 

 seen upon the upper side. Oro is exceedingly close to bchri 

 and some specimens are difficult to separate except by the local- 

 ity labels. The name may be retained for the central area 

 form or the connecting link. 



Con-peri Grote was described in 1874, from the island of 

 Anticosta, Canada. Scudder says it extends from Anticosta 

 and southern Labrador to Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatche- 

 wan. Afra Edw., 1883, was described from "the Deer River" 

 country, from specimens taken by Captain Geddes. This was 

 described from the female and may be considered a synonym 

 of conpcri. Couperi covers the area from Illinois to Alaska 

 and from Canada to Colorado. It varies greatly in size but is 

 smaller than bchri and oro. I can't think of any species of 

 Lye aena that varies more in size than lygdamus and its races. 



There is another form for which I propose the name 



Lycaena lygdamus Columbia ne\v race. 



It is of a deeper shade of blue than the other forms and the 

 texture of the wings is less delicate. The spots on the xinder- 

 side of the wings are larger than in bchri, but not as large as 



