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Polyommatus coniyntas Godart, Enc. Meth., ix, pp. 607 and 660. 

 Latreille, 1. c., 608 (1819). Durban, Can. Nat., v, p. 246 (1860). Mor- 

 ris, Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 83 (1862). Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., 3d ed., p. 

 275 (1862); Entom. Corresp., p. 275 (1869). Aar., Can. Ent, ix, p. 

 200 ("1877). 



Argus. Bdv. and LeConte, Lep. Am. Sept., p. 120, pi. 36, ff. 6-9 

 (1833). 



Comyntas. Strecker. Lep. Rhop. Het, p. 82 (1874). Mead, Wheeler's 

 Rep., v, p. 783 (1875). Strecker, Cat. N. Am. Macrolep., p. 92 (1878^. 

 Packard, Guide, p. 265 (1874). Pilate, Papilio, ii, p. 66 (1882). Beu- 

 tenmiiller, Des. Cat. Butt., p. 284 (1893). Skinner, N. Am. Rhop., p. 

 59 (1898). Holland, Butt. Book, p. 268 (1898). Smith, Ins. N. J.. 

 2d ed., p. 376 (1899). Beutenmiiller, Butt. Vic. N. Y., p. 36 (1902). 

 Smith, Ins. N. J., 3d cd., p. 416 (1909). 



Plcbcius. Kirby, Syn. Cat., p. 653 (1871). 



The variations of the upper side consist chiefly in the width 

 of the blackish termen and in the amount of orange color at 

 the anal angle of the secondaries. I have before me specimens 

 in which the margin is almost linear, whilst in one from St. 

 Louis, Mo., it is nearly 3 mm. wide and there are gradations 

 through from the one to the other ; in that same specimen also 

 (from! St. Louis) the orange spot, or rather two spots, at the 

 anal angle are larger than in any other male specimen. The 

 spotting of the under side is very constant, especially in the 

 primaries. I have only one! or two that show any obsoletion ; 

 in those cases the costal and the third spot in the macular 

 transverse band are almost absent. In one the costal spot has 

 quite disappeared ; in the secondaries this characteristic is less 

 rare, the spot below the second costal spot is not infrequently 

 absent or obsolescent, whilst the third spot in the curved macu- 

 hir row, below the one just mentioned, is also affected in a like 

 manner. In only one specimen do I find a nearly complete ob- 

 solescence, viz., one sent by Mr. Newcomb from Oakland, 

 Michigan. In this the two bottom spots in the transverse macu- 

 lar row are present in the primaries, and in addition to this a 

 very minute spot is visible between veins 5 and 6 on the right 

 wing only ; in the secondaries the basal and outer spot are pres- 

 ent but very small, whilst there is a minute spot visible on the 

 inner margin of the left wing, and the dashes closing the cells 

 are visible but fine. 



